Cyphia is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, native to Africa; and particularly South Africa.[1][2][3] It has been placed in its own subfamily, Cyphioideae.[4] It is closely related to the genus Lobelia.[3]Cyphia comes in shades of white to mauve, whereas lobelias have strong colours of blue to purple.[3] Species in this genus have a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 below (as opposed to Lobelia, which has 2 lobes on top and 3 below).[3]
Accepted species:[1]
Cyphia alba N.E.Br. – Zimbabwe
Cyphia alicedalensis E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia angustifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. ex C.Presl in C.F.Eklon & K.L.P.Zeyher – South Africa
Cyphia aspergilloides E.Wimm. – South Africa
Cyphia basiloba E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia belfastica E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia bolusii E.Phillips – Eswatini
Cyphia brachyandra Thulin – Tanzania, Malawi
Cyphia brevifolia Thulin – Angola
Cyphia brummittii Thulin – Malawi
Cyphia bulbosa (L.) P.J.Bergius – South Africa
Cyphia comptonii Bond – South Africa
Cyphia corylifolia Harv. – KwaZulu-Natal
Cyphia couroublei Bamps & Malaisse – Congo
Cyphia crenata (Thunb.) C.Presl – South Africa
Cyphia decora Thulin – Malawi
Cyphia deltoidea E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – KwaZulu-Natal
Cyphia digitata (Thunb.) Willd. – Namibia, South Africa
Cyphia elata Harv – South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini
Cyphia erecta De Wild. – Tanzania, Zambia, Congo, Malawi
Cyphia eritreana E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – Eritrea, Ethiopia
Cyphia galpinii E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia gamopetala J.Duvign. & Denaeyer – Congo
Cyphia georgica E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia pectinata E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – Eswatini
Cyphia persicifolia C.Presl in E.H.F.Meyer – South Africa
Cyphia phillipsii E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia phyteuma (L.) Willd. – South Africa
Cyphia ramosa E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – Free State
Cyphia reducta E.Wimm. – Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Cyphia revoluta E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia richardsiae E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – Tanzania, Congo, Malawi
Cyphia rogersii S.Moore – Eswatini, South Africa
Cyphia rupestris E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – Tanzania
Cyphia salteri E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia schlechteri E.Phillips – South Africa
Cyphia smutsii E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia stenodonta E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia stenopetala Diels – South Africa, Botswana
Cyphia stenophylla (E.Wimm.) E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia stheno Webb in W.J.Hooker – Angola
Cyphia subtubulata E.Wimm. in H.G.A.Engler – South Africa
Cyphia sylvatica Eckl. & Zeyh. – South Africa, Namibia
Cyphia tenera Diels – South Africa
Cyphia transvaalensis E.Phillips – South Africa
Cyphia triphylla E.Phillips – Lesotho, South Africa
Cyphia tysonii E.Phillips – South Africa
Cyphia ubenensis Engl. – Tanzania
Cyphia undulata Eckl. ex C.Presl in C.F.Eklon & K.L.P.Zeyher – South Africa
Cyphia volubilis (Burm.f.) Willd. – South Africa
Cyphia zeyheriana C.Presl in C.F.Eklon & K.L.P.Zeyher – South Africa
^ abcKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Continental Publishing, Deurne.
^ abcd"Cyphia volubilis - Climbers in the Fynbos". Phillipskop Mountain Reserve. 2016-09-14. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
^Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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