Cyanthillium
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Cyanthillium | |
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| 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] | |
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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
