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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Cyanthillium

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Vernonieae

Three species, native to tropical Africa, Madagascar and tropical Asia. Cyanthillium vernonioides is native to southern Africa and Cyanthillium cinereum is a pantropical weed that is naturalised in southern Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

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

Cyanthillium vernonioides

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

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

Cyanthillium cinereum