Cyanotis

Cyanotis (syn. Tonningia) 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
 * 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, Eswatini
 * 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