Commelinaceae
Cyanotis

Cyanotis lanata Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 542 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 209
  • F.T.A. 8: 80
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 194 (1967).
  • Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19, Sér. A: 789 (1957)
  • Sousa in Anais Junta Inv. Col. 7: 63 (1952)
  • in. Fl. Nigrit. 542 (1849)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 19, 2021 Haba, P.M.; Bouamou, D.; Haba, B.; Delamou, R.; Conde, S.N. [1034] Guinea K001418306 Yes
Jan 1, 1979 de Kruif, A.P.M. [426] Cote d'Ivoire K001562574 Yes
Oct 14, 1964 Barter, C. [s.n.] Nigeria K000345741 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 14, 1964 Irving [101] Nigeria K000345742 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 14, 1964 Barter, C. [1475] Nigeria K000345743 Unknown Type Material Yes
Miller, O.B. [8381] Zimbabwe K003396247 Yes
s.coll. [9843] Angola K003396257 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. Nigeria K:SPC-02240.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [231] Tanzania K:SPC-04580.000 No
Gonde, P. [346] Zimbabwe K003396242 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F2153] Zambia K003396225 Yes
Balsinhas, A.; Marrime, L. [388] Mozambique K003396210 Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [1490] Malawi K003396224 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [534] Sudan K000345765 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, N.C. [608] Zimbabwe K003396250 Yes
Smith, P.A. [2075] Botswana K003396238 Yes
Wild, H. [15844] Zimbabwe K003396241 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [535] Sudan K000345764 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, N.C. [2171] Zimbabwe K003396251 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [1062] Angola K001590811 Yes
Mavi, S. [924] Zimbabwe K003396246 Yes
Miller, O.B. [5752] Zimbabwe K003396245 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4575] Zambia K:SPC-12969.000 No
Tweedie [782] Kenya K:SPC-02239.000 No
Jansen, P.C.M.; Boane, C. [7851] Mozambique K003396213 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [18992] Zambia K003396227 Yes
Wild, H. [1018] Zimbabwe K003396254 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [4575] Zambia K003396230 Yes
Lind, E. [426] Uganda K:SPC-04579.000 No
{J. Buchanan, C. M. G.} [903] Malawi K003396223 Yes
Nicholas, A. [524] Zimbabwe K003396240 Yes
Lind, E. [458] Uganda K:SPC-04578.000 No
Wright, P.J. [T258] Zimbabwe K003396249 Yes
Garley, D.L. [149] Zimbabwe K003396244 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [9081] Zambia K003396228 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3069] Zambia K003396226 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Patel, I.H. [15458] Malawi K003396222 Yes
Wild, H. [5327] Zimbabwe K003396256 Yes
Miller, O.B. [4110] Zimbabwe K003396248 Yes
Kornas, J. [3302] Zambia K003396231 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2334] Sudan K000345763 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14092] Kenya K:SPC-02241.000 No
Loveridge, J.P. [1826] Zimbabwe K003396239 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. [4223] Mozambique K003396211 Yes
Archbold, M.E. [493] Tanzania K:SPC-30621.000 No
Pawek, J. [14174] Malawi K003396217 Yes
Miller, O.B. [4108] Zimbabwe K003396243 Yes
Harris, T. [469] Mozambique K000613905 No
Baldwin, J.T. [13010] Liberia K:SPC-25617.000 No
Nuvunga, A. [492] Mozambique K003396212 Yes
Chapman, J.D. [5579] Malawi K003396219 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Darbyshire, I.; Hoenselaar, K.; Leliyo, G.; Sanchez-Ken, G.; Vollesen, K. [5443] Tanzania K000190673 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5490] Zambia K003396234 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [611] Uganda K:SPC-04581.000 No
Rutherford-Smith, R.O.B. [471] Zimbabwe K003396252 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [2897] Yemen K:SPC-44125.000 No
Astle, W.L. [5474] Zambia K003396233 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [10419] Zambia K003396232 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [10241] Malawi K003396218 Yes
Banda, E.A.K.; Salubeni, A.J. [2151] Malawi K003396220 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [485] Zambia K003396237 Yes
Vogel [122] Nigeria K000345744 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9174] Tanzania K:SPC-04577.000 No
Prince, S.D. [297] Zambia K003396235 Yes
Kirk, J. (Dr.) [246] Mozambique K003396215 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Mapaura, A.; Drummond, R.B.; Winter, P.J.D.; Timberlake, J. [97/18] Zimbabwe K003396255 Yes
Biegel, H.M. [2851] Zimbabwe K003396253 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [14497] Malawi K003396216 Yes
Grandvaux Barbosa, L.A.; Carvalho, M. [3038] Mozambique K003396214 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [1076] Zambia K003396229 Yes
Astle, W.L. [5015] Zambia K003396236 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0