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| Cyanotis somaliensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe: | Tradescantieae |
| Subtribe: | Cyanotinae |
| 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. Species of the genus are native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.
- Species
- Cyanotis adscendens Dalzell - India, Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis ake-assii Brenan - Mali, Ivory Coast
- Cyanotis angusta C.B.Clarke - West Africa
- Cyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke - tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina
- Cyanotis arcotensis 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
- Cyanotis burmanniana Wight - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr. - tropical Africa
- Cyanotis cerifolia R.S.Rao & Kammathy - southern India
- Cyanotis ceylanica Hassk. - Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis cristata(L.) D.Don - Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, Java, Philippines
- Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kunth - southern India, Myanmar, Thailand
- Cyanotis cupricola J.Duvign. - Zaïre
- Cyanotis dybowskii Hua - Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
- Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f. - Indian Subcontinent
- Cyanotis flexuosa C.B.Clarke - Huíla region of Angola
- Cyanotis foecunda DC. ex Hassk - central + eastern Africa, Yemen
- Cyanotis ganganensis Schnell - Guinea
- Cyanotis grandidieri H.Perrier - Madagascar
- Cyanotis hepperi Brenan - Nigeria
- Cyanotis homblei De Wild. - Zaïre
- Cyanotis karliana Hassk. - southern India
- Cyanotis lanata Benth. - tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
- Cyanotis lapidosa Phil. - South Africa, Eswatini
- Cyanotis longifolia Benth. - tropical Africa
- Cyanotis loureiroana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr - Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
- Cyanotis lourensis Schnell - Guinea
- Cyanotis nilagirica Hassk. - southern India
- Cyanotis nyctitropa Deflers - Yemen, Saudi Arabia
- Cyanotis obtusa (Trimen) Trimen - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis pachyrrhiza Oberm. - Transvaal
- Cyanotis paludosa Brenan - Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
- Cyanotis papilionacea (Burm.f.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India
- Cyanotis pedunculata Merr. - Leyte Island in Philippines
- Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis polyrrhiza Hochst. ex Hassk. - Ethiopia
- Cyanotis racemosa B.Heyne ex Hassk. - southern India, Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis repens Faden & D.M.Cameron - Zaïre, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Gabon
- Cyanotis reutiana Beauverd - southern India
- Cyanotis robusta Oberm. - Transvaal, Namibia
- Cyanotis scaberula Hutch. - Guinea
- Cyanotis somaliensis C.B.Clarke - Somalia
- Cyanotis speciosa (L. f.) Hassk. - central + southern Africa, Madagascar
- Cyanotis thwaitesii Hassk. - India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. - western India
- Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f. - tropical Africa, Yemen, Himalayas, southern China, Indochina, Java
- Cyanotis vaginata Wight - southern India
- Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f. - southern India, Sri Lanka
Gallery
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References
- ^ 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 |
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