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.
Species
51 species are accepted.
- Cyanotis adscendens <small>Dalzell</small> â India, Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis ake-assii <small>Brenan</small> â Mali, Ivory Coast
- Cyanotis angusta <small>C.B.Clarke</small> â West Africa
- Cyanotis arachnoidea <small>C.B.Clarke</small> â tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Indochina
- Cyanotis arcotensis <small>R.S.Rao</small> â southern India
- Cyanotis axillaris <small>(L.) D.Don ex Sweet</small> â Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Northern Australia
- Cyanotis beddomei <small>(Hook.f.) Erhardt, Götz & Seybold</small> â southern India
- Cyanotis burmanniana <small>Wight</small> â India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cyanotis caespitosa <small>Kotschy & Peyr.</small> â tropical Africa
- Cyanotis ceylanica <small>Hassk.</small> â Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis cristata <small>(L.) D.Don</small> â Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, Java, Philippines
- Cyanotis cucullata <small>(Roth) Kunth</small> â southern India, Myanmar, Thailand
- Cyanotis cupricola <small>J.Duvign.</small> â Zaïre
- Cyanotis deccanensis âÂÂàsouthern India (Andhra Pradesh)
- Cyanotis dybowskii <small>Hua</small> â Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic
- Cyanotis epiphytica âÂÂàsouthern India
- Cyanotis fasciculata <small>(B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f.</small> â Indian Subcontinent
- Cyanotis flexuosa <small>C.B.Clarke</small> â HuÃÂla region of Angola
- Cyanotis foecunda <small>DC. ex Hassk</small> â central + eastern Africa and Yemen
- Cyanotis ganganensis <small>Schnell</small> â Guinea
- Cyanotis grandidieri <small>H.Perrier</small> â Madagascar
- Cyanotis hepperi <small>Brenan</small> â Nigeria
- Cyanotis homblei <small>De Wild.</small> â Zaïre
- Cyanotis karliana <small>Hassk.</small> â southern India
- Cyanotis kawakamii âÂÂàsouthern Taiwan
- Cyanotis lanata <small>Benth.</small> â tropical + southern Africa, Yemen
- Cyanotis lanceolata â southern India and Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis lapidosa <small>E.Phillips</small> â South Africa, Eswatini
- Cyanotis longifolia <small>Benth.</small> â tropical Africa
- Cyanotis loureiroana <small>(Schult. & Schult.f.) Merr.</small> â Guangdong, Hainan, Vietnam
- Cyanotis lourensis <small>Schnell</small> â Guinea
- Cyanotis moluccana <small>(Roxb.) Merr.</small> âÂÂàMalesia and New Guinea
- Cyanotis nyctitropa <small>Deflers</small> â Yemen and Saudi Arabia
- Cyanotis obtusa <small>(Trimen) Trimen</small> - southern India and Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis pachyrrhiza <small>Oberm.</small> â Transvaal
- Cyanotis paludosa <small>Brenan</small> â Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
- Cyanotis pedunculata <small>Merr.</small> â Leyte Island in Philippines
- Cyanotis pilosa <small>Schult. & Schult.f.</small> â southern India and Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis polyrrhiza <small>Hochst. ex Hassk.</small> â Ethiopia
- Cyanotis repens <small>Faden & D.M.Cameron</small> â Zaïre, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Gabon
- Cyanotis reutiana <small>Beauverd</small> â southern India
- Cyanotis robusta <small>Oberm.</small> â Transvaal, Namibia
- Cyanotis scaberula <small>Hutch.</small> â Guinea
- Cyanotis somaliensis <small>C.B.Clarke</small> â Somalia
- Cyanotis speciosa <small>(L. f.) Hassk.</small> â central + southern Africa and Madagascar
- Cyanotis thwaitesii <small>Hassk.</small> â India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cyanotis tuberosa <small>(Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f.</small> â western India
- Cyanotis vaga <small>(Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f.</small> â tropical Africa, Yemen, Himalayas, southern China, Indochina, and Java
- Cyanotis villosa <small>(Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.</small> â southern India and Sri Lanka
- Cyanotis vivipara <small>Dalzell</small> â southern India
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