Cyanotis

Cyanotis
Cyanotis somaliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Cyanotis D.Don
Synonyms[1]
Tonningia Neck. Zygomenes Salisb. Siphostigma Raf. Dalzellia Hassk. 1865 not Wight 1852 Erythrotis Hook.f. Cyanopogon Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Amischophacelus R.S.Rao & Kammathy

Cyanotis (syn. Tonningia) is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Species^[1]

1. Cyanotis adscendens Dalzell - India, Sri Lanka
2. Cyanotis ake-assii Brenan - Mali, Ivory Coast
3. Cyanotis angusta C.B.Clarke - West Africa
4. Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke - tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina
5. Cyanotis arcotensis R.S.Rao - southern India
6. Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Northern Australia
7. Cyanotis beddomei (Hook.f.) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold - southern India
8. Cyanotis burmanniana Wight - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
9. Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr. - tropical Africa
10. Cyanotis cerifolia R.S.Rao & Kammathy - southern India
11. Cyanotis ceylanica Hassk. - Sri Lanka
12. Cyanotis cristata(L.) D.Don - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, Java, Philippines
13. Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kunth - southern India, Myanmar, Thailand
14. Cyanotis cupricola J.Duvign. - Zaïre
15. Cyanotis dybowskii Hua - Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
16. Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f. - Indian Subcontinent
17. Cyanotis flexuosa C.B.Clarke - Huíla region of Angola
18. Cyanotis foecunda DC. ex Hassk - central + eastern Africa, Yemen
19. Cyanotis ganganensis Schnell - Guinea
20. Cyanotis grandidieri H.Perrier - Madagascar
21. Cyanotis hepperi Brenan - Nigeria
22. Cyanotis homblei De Wild. - Zaïre
23. Cyanotis karliana Hassk. - southern India
24. Cyanotis lanata Benth. - tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
25. Cyanotis lapidosa Phil. - South Africa, Swaziland
26. Cyanotis longifolia Benth. - tropical Africa
27. Cyanotis loureiroana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
28. Cyanotis lourensis Schnell - Guinea
29. Cyanotis nilagirica Hassk. - southern India
30. Cyanotis nyctitropa Deflers - Yemen, Saudi Arabia
31. Cyanotis obtusa (Trimen) Trimen - southern India, Sri Lanka
32. Cyanotis pachyrrhiza Oberm. - Transvaal
33. Cyanotis paludosa Brenan - Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
34. Cyanotis papilionacea (Burm.f.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India
35. Cyanotis pedunculata Merr. - Leyte Island in Philippines
36. Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka
37. Cyanotis polyrrhiza Hochst. ex Hassk. - Ethiopia
38. Cyanotis racemosa B.Heyne ex Hassk. - southern India, Sri Lanka
39. Cyanotis repens Faden & D.M.Cameron - Zaïre, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Gabon
40. Cyanotis reutiana Beauverd - southern India
41. Cyanotis robusta Oberm. - Transvaal, Namibia
42. Cyanotis scaberula Hutch. - Guinea
43. Cyanotis somaliensis C.B.Clarke - Somalia
44. Cyanotis speciosa (L. f.) Hassk. - central + southern Africa, Madagascar
45. Cyanotis thwaitesii Hassk. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
46. Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. - western India
47. Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f. - tropical Africa, Yemen, Himalayas, southern China, Indochina, Java
48. Cyanotis vaginata Wight - southern India
49. Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 21 蓝耳草属 lan er cao shu Cyanotis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 45. 1825.
3. ↑ Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. ISBN 0-621-02854-1, 1975
4. ↑ Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
5. ↑ Arnold T.H., de Wet B.C. (Eds), Plants of Southern Africa: Names & Distribution, MEMOIRS OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AFRICA No. 62, Pub.National Botanical Institute, South Africa.1993 ISBN 1-874907-03-X

Gallery

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  Cyanotis cristata in Hyderabad, India.

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  Cyanotis fasciculata in Hyderabad, India.

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Cyanotis&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Cyanotis"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 

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