Cyanthillium

Cyanthillium
Cyanthillium cinereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
Tribe:	Vernonieae
Genus:	Cyanthillium Blume 1826
Type species
Cyanthillium villosum Blume [1] (synonym of Cyanthillium patulum)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Isonema Cass. 1817, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 Cyanopis Blume ex DC. 1836, illegitimate homonym not Cass. 1817 Vernonia sect. Tephrodes DC. Vernonia subsect. Olivestus S.B.Jones Vernonia subsect. Tephrodes (DC.) S.B.Jones Claotrachelus Zoll. & Moritz ex Zoll. Seneciodes L. ex Post & O.Kuntze

Cyanthillium is a genus of tropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae.[3][4]

Species[3][5][6]

• Cyanthillium albicans (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
• Cyanthillium cinereum (L.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia + tropical Africa; naturalized in tropical Americas including Florida
• Cyanthillium conyzoides (DC.) H.Rob. - southwestern India
• Cyanthillium hookerianum (Arn.) H.Rob. - Sri Lanka
• Cyanthillium patulum (Dryand. ex Dryand.) H.Rob. - tropical Asia, Madagascar
• Cyanthillium stelluliferum (Benth.) H.Rob. - tropical Africa
• Cyanthillium vernonioides (Muschl.) H.Rob. - central Africa
• Cyanthillium wollastonii (S.Moore) H.Rob. - 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. Flora of North America, Cyanthillium Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 889. 1826.
5. The Plant List, search for Cyanthillium
6. Robinson, Harold Ernest 1999. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(1): 228-229

External links

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