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. 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.