Cyanotis
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Cyanotis somaliensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Commelinales |
Family: | Commelinaceae |
Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
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Genus: | Cyanotis D.Don |
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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]
- Dalzell - India, Sri Lanka
- Brenan - Mali, Ivory Coast
- C.B.Clarke - West Africa
- C.B.Clarke - tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina
- R.S.Rao - southern India
- Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Northern Australia
- Cyanotis beddomei (Hook.f.) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold - southern India
- Wight - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Kotschy & Peyr. - tropical Africa
- R.S.Rao & Kammathy - southern India
- Hassk. - Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis cristata(L.) D.Don - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, Java, Philippines
- (Roth) Kunth - southern India, Myanmar, Thailand
- J.Duvign. - Zaïre
- Hua - Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
- (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f. - Indian Subcontinent
- C.B.Clarke - Huíla region of Angola
- DC. ex Hassk - central + eastern Africa, Yemen
- Schnell - Guinea
- H.Perrier - Madagascar
- Brenan - Nigeria
- De Wild. - Zaïre
- Hassk. - southern India
- Benth. - tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
- Phil. - South Africa, Swaziland
- Benth. - tropical Africa
- (Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
- Schnell - Guinea
- Hassk. - southern India
- Deflers - Yemen, Saudi Arabia
- (Trimen) Trimen - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Oberm. - Transvaal
- Brenan - Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
- (Burm.f.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India
- Merr. - Leyte Island in Philippines
- Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Hochst. ex Hassk. - Ethiopia
- B.Heyne ex Hassk. - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Faden & D.M.Cameron - Zaïre, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Gabon
- Beauverd - southern India
- Oberm. - Transvaal, Namibia
- Hutch. - Guinea
- Cyanotis somaliensis C.B.Clarke - Somalia
- (L. f.) Hassk. - central + southern Africa, Madagascar
- Hassk. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. - western India
- (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f. - tropical Africa, Yemen, Himalayas, southern China, Indochina, Java
- Wight - southern India
- (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka
Gallery[]
Cyanotis cristata in Hyderabad, India.
in Hyderabad, India.
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 21 蓝耳草属 lan er cao shu Cyanotis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 45. 1825.
- ^ Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. ISBN 0-621-02854-1, 1975
- ^ Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
- ^ 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
External links[]
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Cyanotis". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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- Cyanotis
- Commelinales genera
- Taxa named by David Don