Cyanotis
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 Dalzell – India, Sri LankaCyanotis ake-assii Brenan – Mali, Ivory CoastCyanotis angusta C.B.Clarke – West AfricaCyanotis arachnoidea C.B.Clarke – tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, southern China, IndochinaCyanotis arcotensis R.S.Rao – southern IndiaCyanotis axillaris D.Don ex Sweet – Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Northern AustraliaCyanotis beddomei Erhardt, Götz & Seybold – southern IndiaCyanotis burmanniana Wight – India, Sri Lanka, MyanmarCyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr. – tropical AfricaCyanotis ceylanica Hassk. – Sri LankaCyanotis cristata D.Don – Indian Subcontinent, southern China, Southeast Asia, Ethiopia, Socotra, Mauritius, Java, PhilippinesCyanotis cucullata Kunth – southern India, Myanmar, ThailandCyanotis cupricola J.Duvign. – ZaïreCyanotis deccanensis – southern India Cyanotis dybowskii Hua – Congo-Brazzaville, Central African RepublicCyanotis epiphytica – southern IndiaCyanotis fasciculata Schult. & Schult.f. – Indian SubcontinentCyanotis flexuosa C.B.Clarke – Huíla region of AngolaCyanotis foecunda DC. ex Hassk – central + eastern Africa and YemenCyanotis ganganensis Schnell – GuineaCyanotis grandidieri H.Perrier – MadagascarCyanotis hepperi Brenan – NigeriaCyanotis homblei De Wild. – ZaïreCyanotis karliana Hassk. – southern IndiaCyanotis kawakamii – southern TaiwanCyanotis lanata Benth. – tropical + southern Africa, YemenCyanotis lanceolata – southern India and Sri LankaCyanotis lapidosa E.Phillips – South Africa, EswatiniCyanotis longifolia Benth. – tropical AfricaCyanotis loureiroana Merr. – Guangdong, Hainan, VietnamCyanotis lourensis Schnell – GuineaCyanotis moluccana Merr. – Malesia and New GuineaCyanotis nyctitropa Deflers – Yemen and Saudi ArabiaCyanotis obtusa Trimen - southern India and Sri LankaCyanotis pachyrrhiza Oberm. – TransvaalCyanotis paludosa Brenan – Zaïre, Kenya, Uganda, TanzaniaCyanotis pedunculata Merr. – Leyte Island in PhilippinesCyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult.f. – southern India and Sri LankaCyanotis polyrrhiza Hochst. ex Hassk. – EthiopiaCyanotis repens Faden & D.M.Cameron – Zaïre, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, GabonCyanotis reutiana Beauverd – southern IndiaCyanotis robusta Oberm. – Transvaal, NamibiaCyanotis scaberula Hutch. – GuineaCyanotis somaliensis C.B.Clarke – SomaliaCyanotis speciosa Hassk. – central + southern Africa and MadagascarCyanotis thwaitesii Hassk. – India, Sri Lanka, MyanmarCyanotis tuberosa Schult. & Schult.f. – western IndiaCyanotis vaga Schult. & Schult.f. – tropical Africa, Yemen, Himalayas, southern China, Indochina, and JavaCyanotis villosa Schult. & Schult.f. – southern India and Sri LankaCyanotis vivipara Dalzell – southern India