Cyanotis Ake-assii

Cyanotis 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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. , 1975Faden, 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

Species

51 species are accepted.
* '' 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 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 deccanensis'' – southern India (Andhra Pradesh)
* '' Cyanotis dybowskii'' Hua – Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
* ''Cyanotis epiphytica'' – southern India
* '' 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 and 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 kawakamii'' – southern Taiwan
* ''Cyanotis lanata'' Benth. – tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
* ''Cyanotis lanceolata'' – southern India and Sri Lanka
* '' Cyanotis lapidosa'' E.Phillips – South Africa, Eswatini
* '' Cyanotis longifolia'' Benth. – tropical Africa
* '' Cyanotis loureiroana'' (Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr. – Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
* '' Cyanotis lourensis'' Schnell – Guinea
* ''Cyanotis moluccana'' (Roxb.) Merr. – Malesia and New Guinea
* '' Cyanotis nyctitropa'' Deflers – Yemen and Saudi Arabia
* '' Cyanotis obtusa'' (Trimen) Trimen - southern India and Sri Lanka
* '' Cyanotis pachyrrhiza'' Oberm. – Transvaal
* '' Cyanotis paludosa'' Brenan – Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
* '' Cyanotis pedunculata'' Merr. – Leyte Island in Philippines
* '' Cyanotis pilosa'' Schult. & Schult.f. – southern India and Sri Lanka
* '' Cyanotis polyrrhiza'' Hochst. ex Hassk. – Ethiopia
* '' 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 and 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, and Java
* '' Cyanotis villosa'' (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f. – southern India and Sri Lanka
* ''Cyanotis vivipara'' Dalzell – southern India

Gallery

Image:Cyanotis cristata (Nabhali) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0126.jpg, '' Cyanotis cristata'' in Hyderabad, India.
Image:Cyanotis fasciculata (Nilwanti) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9040.jpg, '' Cyanotis fasciculata'' in Hyderabad, India.

References

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2697656

Commelinaceae genera
Taxa named by David Don