Cyphia is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, native to Africa; and particularly South Africa.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Continental Publishing, Deurne. It has been placed in its own subfamily, Cyphioideae.Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Campanulaceae". Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2022-04-23. 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: 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
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