Cyphia

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Cyphia
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Cyphia digitata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Cyphioideae
Genus: Cyphia
P.J.Bergius
Type species
Cyphia bulbosa
(L.) Bergam.
Synonyms [1]
  • CyphopsisKuntze
  • CyphiumJ.F.Gmel., spelling variation
  • Cyphiella(C.Presl) Spach

Cyphia is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, native to Africa; and particularly South Africa. [1] [2] [3] It has been placed in its own subfamily, Cyphioideae. [4] It is closely related to the genus Lobelia. [3] Cyphia comes in shades of white to mauve, whereas lobelias have strong colours of blue to purple. [3] Species in this genus have a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 below (as opposed to Lobelia, which has 2 lobes on top and 3 below). [3]

Accepted species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Continental Publishing, Deurne.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cyphia volubilis - Climbers in the Fynbos". Phillipskop Mountain Reserve. 2016-09-14. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23.