Cyanotis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Cyanotinae
Genus: Cyanotis
Species: C. adscendens – C. ake-assii – C. angusta – C. arachnoidea – C. arcotensis – C. axillaris – C. beddomei – C. burmanniana – C. caespitosa – C. ceylanica – C. ciliata – C. cristata – C. cucullata – C. cupricola – C. dybowskii – C. fasciculata – C. flexuosa – C. foecunda – C. ganganensis – C. grandidieri – C. hepperi – C. homblei – C. karliana – C. lanata – C. lanceolata – C. lapidosa – C. longifolia – C. loureiroana – C. lourensis – C. nyctitropa – C. pachyrrhiza – C. paludosa – C. pedunculata – C. pilosa – C. polyrrhiza – C. repens – C. reutiana – C. robusta – C. scaberula – C. somaliensis – C. speciosa – C. thwaitesii – C. tuberosa – C. vaga – C. villosa
Name

Cyanotis D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 45 (1825), nom. cons.

Type species: Cyanotis barbata D.Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 46. 1825.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Tonningia Neck., Elem. Bot. 3: 165 (1790), opus utique oppr.
Zygomenes Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 271 (1812)
Siphostigma Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837)
Dalzellia Hassk., Flora 48: 593 (1865), nom. illeg.
Belosynapsis Hassk., Flora 54: 259 (1871)
Erythrotis Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6150 (1875)
Cyanopogon Welw. ex C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 240 (1881)
Amischophacelus R.S.Rao & Kammathy, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 59: 305 (1966)

References

Don, D. (1825) Prodromus Florae Nepalensis 45. BHL
Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1–244.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Cyanotis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Cyanotis. Published online. Accessed: Aug 29 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Cyanotis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Aug 2015.

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]

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, Swaziland
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

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.