Cyphia Explained

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. Cyphia comes in shades of white to mauve, whereas lobelias have strong colours of blue to purple. 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).

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=368315 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. Web site: 2016-09-14 . Cyphia volubilis - Climbers in the Fynbos . https://web.archive.org/web/20190215070509/http://www.phillipskop.co.za/flora/cyphia-volubilis . 2019-02-15 . 2022-04-11 . Phillipskop Mountain Reserve . en-GB.
4. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23.