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Cyathula

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Core Eudicots >  Order: Caryophyllales >  Family: Amaranthaceae . Subfamily: Amaranthaceae

About 25 species, widespread in the tropics, with 6 species found in southern Africa.

Species indigenous to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Cyathula cylindrica

 

Cyathula lanceolata

 

Cyathula natalensis

 

Cyathula orthacantha

 

Cyathula strigosa

 

Cyathula uncinulata

 

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