title: Cyphocarpa
text: # Cyphocarpa
  
  Cyphocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. It is in the Amaranthoideae subfamily.
  
  Its native range is southern tropical (within Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and southern Africa (with Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini) and also parts of South Africa (within the Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces).
  
  ## Known species
  
  As accepted by Plants of the World Online:
  
  * Cyphocarpa angustifolia (Moq.) Lopr.
  * Cyphocarpa cruciata (Schinz) Schinz
  * Cyphocarpa resedoides Lopr.
  * Cyphocarpa trichinioides (Fenzl) Lopr.
  
  It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.27 on page 42 in 1899.
  
  