2312.000 Cyathula Blume

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs with entire, opposite leaves. Inflorescence terminal on the stems and branches. Bracts persistent. Fertile flowers in a group of 3, the outer pair with bracteoles and subtended laterally by 2 modified sterile flowers consisting of a number of strongly hooked spines. Bracteoles sometimes with a hooked awn. Perianth segments 5. Stamens 5, alternating with pseudostaminodes. Fruit a thin-walled capsule.

Worldwide: 25 species in the tropics

Botswana: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
lanceolata Schinz	N,SE	Description, Image
orthacantha (Hochst. ex Asch.) Schinz	N,SE	Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Cyathula
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Flora of the DRC: Cyathula
Flora of Malawi: Cyathula
Flora of Mozambique: Cyathula
Flora of Rwanda: Cyathula
Flora of Zambia: Cyathula
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cyathula

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cyathula
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cyathula
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cyathula
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iNaturalist: Cyathula
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cyathula
JSTOR Plant Science: Cyathula
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cyathula
Plants of the World Online: Cyathula
Tropicos: Cyathula
Wikipedia: Cyathula