Cyphia

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]

Cyphia
Cyphia digitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Subfamily: Cyphioideae
Genus: Cyphia
P.J.Bergius
Type species
Cyphia bulbosa
(L.) Bergam.
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphopsis Kuntze
  • Cyphium J.F.Gmel., spelling variation
  • Cyphiella (C.Presl) Spach

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 glabra E.Wimm. – South Africa
  • Cyphia glandulifera Hochst. ex A.Rich. – Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi
  • Cyphia heterophylla C.Presl in C.F.Eklon & K.L.P.Zeyher – South Africa
  • Cyphia incisa (Thunb.) Willd. – South Africa
  • Cyphia lasiandra Diels – Congo, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique
  • Cyphia linarioides C.Presl in C.F.Eklon & K.L.P.Zeyher – South Africa
  • Cyphia longiflora Schltr. – South Africa
  • Cyphia longifolia N.E.Br. – South Africa
  • Cyphia longilobata E.Phillips – South Africa
  • Cyphia longipedicellata E.Wimm. – South Africa
  • Cyphia maculosa E.Phillips – South Africa
  • Cyphia mafingensis Thulin – Malawi
  • Cyphia mazoensis S.Moore – Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Cyphia natalensis E.Phillips – KwaZulu-Natal
  • Cyphia nyikensis Thulin – Malawi
  • Cyphia oligotricha Schltr. – 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

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Continental Publishing, Deurne.
  3. "Cyphia volubilis - Climbers in the Fynbos". Phillipskop Mountain Reserve. 2016-09-14. Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
  4. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
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