{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Cyrtanthus elatus flowers.jpg |image_caption = ''Cyrtanthus elatus'' |taxon = Cyrtanthus |authority = W.Aiton 1789, conserved name not Schreb. 1789 (Rubiaceae) |type_species = ''Cyrtanthus angustifolius'' |type_species_authority = W.Aiton |synonyms_ref = <ref name=w/> |synonyms = * Cyrtanthinae * ''Anoiganthus'' <small>Baker</small> * ''Vallota'' <small>Salisb. ex Herb.</small> * ''Timmia'' <small>J.F.Gmel.</small> * ''Gastronema'' <small>Herb.</small> * ''Monella'' <small>Herb.</small> * ''Cyphonema'' <small>Herb.</small> * ''Eusipho'' <small>Salisb.</small> * × ''Vallanthus'' <small>Cif. & Giacom.</small> }}
'''''Cyrtanthus''''' is a genus of perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae.<ref>{{citation |last=Stevens |first=P.F. |date=2001{{ndash}}2012 |title=Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Amaryllidoideae |url=http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm#AllAma }}</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3650175#page/447/mode/1up Aiton, William. 1789. Hortus Kewensis, or, A catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, 1: 414] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020563 Tropicos, ''Cyrtanthus'' W. Aiton ]</ref><ref>Snijman, D.A. (2007). Notes on new and misunderstood taxa of ''Cyrtanthus'' (Amaryllidaceae: Cyrtantheae) from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Bothalia 37: 1-8.</ref>
== Taxonomy == ''Cyrtanthus'' is the sole genus in the African tribe Cyrtantheae.
=== Phylogeny === The placement of Cyrtantheae within subfamily Amaryllidoideae is shown in the following cladogram:
{{cladogram | title= {{anchor|Clad3}}Cladogram: Tribes of subfamily Amaryllidoideae | align=left | cladogram={{clade|style=font-size:92%;line-height:100%;width:700px;
| label1 = Subfamily '''Amaryllidoideae'''
|1= {{Clade | label1= Africa | 1= Tribe Amaryllideae | 2= {{Clade | 1= {{clade | label1=Africa | 1= Tribe '''Cyrtantheae''' | 2= {{clade | label1=Africa | 1= Tribe Haemantheae | label2= Australasia | 2= Tribe Calostemmateae }} }} | 2= {{clade | label1= Eurasian clade | label2= American clade | 1= {{clade | label1= Asia | 1= Tribe Lycorideae | label2= Mediterranean | 2= {{clade | 1= Tribe Galantheae | 2= {{clade | 1= Tribe Pancratieae | 2= Tribe Narcisseae }} }} }} | 2= {{clade | label1= Hippeastroid clade | label2= Andean clade | 1= {{clade | 1= Tribe Griffineae | 2= Tribe Hippeastreae
}} | 2= {{clade | 1= {{clade | 1= Tribe Eustephieae }} | 2= {{clade
| 1= Tribe Eucharideae/Stenomesseae
| 2= {{clade | 1= {{clade | 1= Tribe Clinantheae | 2= Tribe Hymenocallideae }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} {{clear}}
=== Subdivision === There are over 50 recognized species, all native to central and southern Africa.<ref name=w>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cyrtanthus.htm |title=''Cyrtanthus'', by G. Duncan, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, South Africa. |access-date=2013-09-20 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181545/http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cyrtanthus.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://redlist.sanbi.org/search.php?sppsearch=Cyrtanthus+ Sanbi Red List of South African Plants, search for ''Cyrtanthus'']</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=22em| *''Cyrtanthus angustifolius'' *''Cyrtanthus attenuatus'' *''Cyrtanthus aureolinus'' *''Cyrtanthus bicolor'' *''Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus'' *''Cyrtanthus brachysiphon'' *''Cyrtanthus breviflorus'' *''Cyrtanthus carneus'' *''Cyrtanthus clavatus'' *''Cyrtanthus collinus'' *''Cyrtanthus contractus'' *''Cyrtanthus debilis'' *''Cyrtanthus elatus'' *''Cyrtanthus epiphyticus'' *''Cyrtanthus erubescens'' *''Cyrtanthus eucallus'' *''Cyrtanthus falcatus'' *''Cyrtanthus fergusoniae'' *''Cyrtanthus flammosus'' *''Cyrtanthus flanaganii'' *''Cyrtanthus flavus'' *''Cyrtanthus galpinii'' *''Cyrtanthus guthrieae'' *''Cyrtanthus helictus'' *''Cyrtanthus herrei'' *''Cyrtanthus huttonii'' *''Cyrtanthus inaequalis'' *''Cyrtanthus junodii'' *''Cyrtanthus labiatus'' *''Cyrtanthus leptosiphon'' *''Cyrtanthus leucanthus'' *''Cyrtanthus loddigesianus'' *''Cyrtanthus mackenii'' *''Cyrtanthus macmasteri'' *''Cyrtanthus macowanii'' *''Cyrtanthus montanus'' *''Cyrtanthus nutans'' *''Cyrtanthus obliquus'' *''Cyrtanthus obrienii'' *''Cyrtanthus ochroleucus'' *''Cyrtanthus odorus'' *''Cyrtanthus rhodesianus'' *''Cyrtanthus rhododactylus'' *''Cyrtanthus rotundilobus'' *''Cyrtanthus sanguineus'' *''Cyrtanthus smithiae'' *''Cyrtanthus spiralis'' *''Cyrtanthus staadensis'' *''Cyrtanthus stenanthus'' *''Cyrtanthus striatus'' *''Cyrtanthus suaveolens'' *''Cyrtanthus thorncroftii'' *''Cyrtanthus tuckii'' *''Cyrtanthus ventricosus'' *''Cyrtanthus wellandii'' *''Cyrtanthus welwitschii'' }}
== References == {{Reflist| 2}}
== Bibliography == {{Refbegin}} * {{cite web|title=Amaryllidaceae: A taxonomic tool for the Amaryllidaceae of the world|url=http://amaryllidaceae.e-monocot.org/|publisher=eMonocot|ref={{harvid|eMonocot|2016}}|access-date=2016-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304161517/http://amaryllidaceae.e-monocot.org/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} {{Refend}}
== External links== {{Commons}} *[http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Cyrtanthus Images of several species of ''Cyrtanthus'' from Pacific Bulb Society]
{{Amaryllidaceae}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q310372|from2=Q10464992}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Amaryllidaceae genera Category:Amaryllidoideae