Cyanthillium

Cyanthillium
Cyanthillium cinereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Vernonioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Cyanthillium Blume 1826
Type species
Cyanthillium villosum Blume [1] (synonym of Cyanthillium patulum ) [2]
Synonyms [3] [4]
ClaotrachelusZoll. CyanopisBlume 1828, illegitimate homonym not Cass. 1817 IsomeriaD.Don ex DC. IsonemaCass. 1817, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 TriplotaxisHutch. Vernonia subsect. OlivestusS.B.Jones Vernonia sect. TephrodesDC. Vernonia subsect. Tephrodes(DC.) S.B.Jones

Cyanthillium is a genus of tropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. ^{[3] [5]} It includes 12 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. ^[4]

Species

12 species are accepted. ^{[4] [3]}

• Cyanthillium albicans (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
• Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia + tropical Africa; naturalized in tropical Americas including Florida
• Cyanthillium gracilis (Lander & P.J.H.Hurter) K.R.Thiele & E.E.Schill.
• Cyanthillium conyzoides (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
• Cyanthillium hookerianum (Arn.) H.Rob. - Sri Lanka
• Cyanthillium maritimum (Merr.) H.Rob. & Skvarla – Philippines and Taiwan
• Cyanthillium patulum (Dryand. ex Dryand.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia, Madagascar
• Cyanthillium polytrichomata (Wech.) H.Rob. – Tanzania and Zambia
• Cyanthillium stelluliferum (Benth.) H.Rob. - tropical Africa
• Cyanthillium vernonioides (Muschl.) H.Rob. - central Africa
• Cyanthillium wollastonii (S.Moore) H.Rob., Skvarla & V.A.Funk - East Africa

References

1. lectotype designated by Robinson, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 103(1):250 (1990)
2. Tropicos, Cyanthillium Blume
3. Robinson, H. 1990. Six new combinations in Baccharoides Moench and Cyanthillium Blume (Vernonieae: Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(1): 248–253
4. "Cyanthillium Blume". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
5. Flora of North America, Cyanthillium Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 889. 1826.

External links

• Media related to Cyanthillium at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cyanthillium at Wikispecies