Cyanthillium

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 (synonym of Cyanthillium patulum)
Synonyms
  • 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

Cyanthillium is a genus of tropical plants in the tribe Vernonieae within the family Asteraceae. It includes 12 species native to tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific.