Cyphia

Cyphia is a genus of flowering plants in the bellflower family, native to Africa; and particularly South Africa. It has been placed in its own subfamily, Cyphioideae. 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