904.000 Cyanotis
Faden, R. (2012) Commelinaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Malaise, P. (1988) Commelinaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume IV 119-142
Van den Burg, J.W. & Bidault, E. (2020) Commelinaceae Flore du Gabon 55 1-88
Description of the genus
Succulent perennials or (rarely) annuals, with bulbs, corms, rhizomes or tubers and often with separate fertile and sterile shoots. Inflorescences composed of cymes, each cyme subtended by a spathe, consisting of 2-ranked sessile or subsessile flowers and usually conspicuous herbaceous bracteoles. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual. Calyx tubular below. Corolla with a short tube, 3 lobes blue, purple or pink. Stamens 6, equal, all fertile. Ovary 3-locular. Capsule narrowly ovoid. Worldwide: 50 species, in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| arachnoidea C.B. Clarke | E,S | |
| chimanimaniensis Faden INED. [NrEnd] | E | |
| foecunda Hassk. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| lanata Benth. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| longifolia Benth. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| speciosa (L.f.) Hassk. subsp. speciosa | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f. | E | Description, Image |
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