Cyanthillium

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
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]
Claotrachelus Zoll. Cyanopis Blume 1828, illegitimate homonym not Cass. 1817 Isomeria D.Don ex DC. Isonema Cass. 1817, illegitimate homonym not R.Br. 1810 Triplotaxis Hutch. Vernonia subsect. Olivestus S.B.Jones Vernonia sect. Tephrodes DC. Vernonia subsect. Tephrodes (DC.) S.B.Jones

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