# Cyathula

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Cyathula prostrata leaves.jpg
|image_caption = ''Cyanthula prostrata'' leaves
|taxon = Cyathula
|authority = [Blume](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Blume)
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 42; see text
|subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Cyathula'' Blume |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331535-2 |website=[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=22 November 2025}}</ref>
|synonyms = 
*''Nelsia'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''Polyscalis'' {{small|Wall.}}
*''Sericocomopsis'' {{small|Schinz}}
}}

'''''Cyathula''''' is a genus of [medicinal](/source/medicinal) and [ornamental plant](/source/ornamental_plant)s in the family [Amaranthaceae](/source/Amaranthaceae). They are distributed in subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.<ref name = powo/>

==Species==
42 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
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*''[Cyathula achyranthoides](/source/Cyathula_achyranthoides)'' {{small|(Kunth) Moq.}}
*''[Cyathula angolensis](/source/Cyathula_angolensis)'' {{small|(Bamps) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula biflora](/source/Cyathula_biflora)'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula braunii](/source/Cyathula_braunii)'' {{small|Gilg ex Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula capitata](/source/Cyathula_capitata)''  {{small|Moq.}}
*''[Cyathula carsonii](/source/Cyathula_carsonii)'' {{small|(Baker) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula ceylanica](/source/Cyathula_ceylanica)'' {{small|Hook.f.}}
*''[Cyathula confusa](/source/Cyathula_confusa)'' {{small|(C.C.Towns.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula coriacea](/source/Cyathula_coriacea)'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula cylindrica](/source/Cyathula_cylindrica)'' {{small|Moq.}}
*''[Cyathula divulsa](/source/Cyathula_divulsa)'' {{small|Suess.}}
*''[Cyathula elegantissima](/source/Cyathula_elegantissima)'' {{small|(Schinz) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula erinacea](/source/Cyathula_erinacea)'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula fernando-poensis](/source/Cyathula_fernando-poensis)'' {{small|Suess. & Friedrich}}
*''[Cyathula heudelotii](/source/Cyathula_heudelotii)'' {{small|(Moq.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula hildebrandtii](/source/Cyathula_hildebrandtii)'' {{small|(Schinz) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula humbertiana](/source/Cyathula_humbertiana)'' {{small|Cavaco}}
*''[Cyathula involucrata](/source/Cyathula_involucrata)'' {{small|(Moq.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula lanceolata](/source/Cyathula_lanceolata)'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula madagascariensis](/source/Cyathula_madagascariensis)'' {{small|Cavaco}}
*''[Cyathula meruensis](/source/Cyathula_meruensis)'' {{small|(Suess.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula mollis](/source/Cyathula_mollis)'' {{small|C.C.Towns.}}
*''[Cyathula natalensis](/source/Cyathula_natalensis)'' {{small|Sond.}}
*''[Cyathula obtusifolia](/source/Cyathula_obtusifolia)'' {{small|Cavaco}}
*''[Cyathula officinalis](/source/Cyathula_officinalis)''  {{small|K.C.Kuan}} &ndash; kuan, radix cyathula
*''[Cyathula perrieriana](/source/Cyathula_perrieriana)'' {{small|Cavaco}}
*''[Cyathula pobeguinii](/source/Cyathula_pobeguinii)'' {{small|Jacq.-Fél.}}
*''[Cyathula polycephala](/source/Cyathula_polycephala)'' {{small|Baker}}
*''[Cyathula porphyrargyrea](/source/Cyathula_porphyrargyrea)'' {{small|(Suess. & Overkott) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula prostrata](/source/Cyathula_prostrata)''  {{small|(L.) Blume}} &ndash; prostrate pastureweed
*''[Cyathula quadrangula](/source/Cyathula_quadrangula)''  {{small|(Engl.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula ramulosa](/source/Cyathula_ramulosa)''  {{small|(Hiern) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula richardsiae](/source/Cyathula_richardsiae)''  {{small|(Suess.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula rubrolutea](/source/Cyathula_rubrolutea)''  {{small|(Lopr.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula semirosulata](/source/Cyathula_semirosulata)'' {{small|Masam.}}
*''[Cyathula sphaerocephala](/source/Cyathula_sphaerocephala)'' {{small|Baker}}
*''[Cyathula tomentosa](/source/Cyathula_tomentosa)'' {{small|(Schult.) Moq.}}
*''[Cyathula trichinioides](/source/Cyathula_trichinioides)'' {{small|(Suess.) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
*''[Cyathula triuncinata](/source/Cyathula_triuncinata)'' {{small|Moq.}}
*''[Cyathula triuncinella](/source/Cyathula_triuncinella)'' {{small|Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula uncinulata](/source/Cyathula_uncinulata)'' {{small|(Schrad.) Schinz}}
*''[Cyathula welwitschii](/source/Cyathula_welwitschii)'' {{small|(Schinz) Di Vincenzo, Berends., Wondafr. & Borsch}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/221765 UniProt entry]
* [http://newportal.gbif.org/species/browse/resource/40/taxon/8255527/ GBIF entry]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.aluka.org/action/doBrowseResults?sa=1&st=20295&execbr=&sls= Aluka search]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605101529/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?3225 NPGS/GRIN search]

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Category:Amaranthaceae
Category:Amaranthaceae genera
Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume

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