Cyanotis

Cyanotis
Cyanotis somaliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Tradescantieae
Subtribe:	Cyanotinae
Genus:	Cyanotis D.Don
Synonyms [1]
AmischophacelusR.S.Rao & Kammathy BelosynapsisHassk. CyanopogonWelw. ex C.B.Clarke DalzelliaHassk. 1865 not Wight 1852 ErythrotisHook.f. SiphostigmaRaf. TonningiaNeck. ZygomenesSalisb.

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. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species

51 species are accepted. ^[1]

• 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 Yugandhar, Sivaram., Savithr. & L.J.Singh – southern India (Andhra Pradesh)
• Cyanotis dybowskii Hua – Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
• Cyanotis epiphytica Blatt. – 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 Hayata – southern Taiwan
• Cyanotis lanata Benth. – tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
• Cyanotis lanceolata Wight – 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

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  Cyanotis cristata in Hyderabad, India.
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  Cyanotis fasciculata in Hyderabad, India.

References

1. "Cyanotis D.Don". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 21 蓝耳草属 lan er cao shu Cyanotis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 45. 1825.
4. Dyer, R. Allen, “The Genera of Southern African Flowering Plants”. ISBN   0-621-02854-1, 1975
5. Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
6. 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.