Cyathula achyranthoides(Kunth) Moq.

WFO wfo-0000631165 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cyathula achyranthoides, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. a Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / 2017-11-28 / obs. 17791267
Cyathula achyranthoides, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. b Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17791273
Cyathula achyranthoides, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. c Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17791271
Cyathula achyranthoides, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. d Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17791275

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The specimen a real sheet, in a real collection

Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Accession
493799
Filed as
Cyathula achyranthoides (Kunth) Moq.
Det. by
T. M. Pedersen 1978-01-01
Collected
R. M. Harley 1977-03-09
Origin
BR
The sheet
View the digitised specimen (CC BY 4.0)

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Native range 46 botanical countries

Regions where Cyathula achyranthoides is native: Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela BeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastMadagascarMaliNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Cyathula achyranthoides, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Benin BEN AFRICA
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Madagascar MDG
Mali MLI
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Achyranthes geminata Thonn.
  • Achyranthes uncinata Willd. ex Schult.
  • Cyathula achyranthoides var. densiflora (Kunth) Moq.
  • Cyathula achyranthoides var. glabrescens Moq.
  • Cyathula geminata (Thonn.) Moq.
  • Cyathula prostrata var. achyranthoides (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Desmochaeta achyranthoides Kunth
  • Pupalia densiflora (Kunth) Mart.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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