Cyanotis

Cyanotis
Cyanotis somaliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Genus: Cyanotis
D.Don
Synonyms[1]

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 2 3 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
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