Commelinaceae
Cyanotis

Cyanotis caespitosa Kotschy & Peyr.

First published in Pl. Tinn.: 48 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Commelinaceae, J. P. M. Brenan. Flora of West Tropical Africa 3:1. 1968

Morphology General Habit
A perennial herb with a stout hairy base
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Purple flowering stems 11/2-12 in. high; flowers normally blue (occasionally lilac, purple or even white) with blue staminal hairs yellow anthers
Ecology
In grassland, often flowering after fires.
[FWTA]

Commelinaceae, Robert Faden. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2012

Distribution
Flora districts: U1 U2 U3 U4 K3 K ?5; T1 T4 T7 Range: Sierre Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo–Kinshasa, Burundi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Zambia
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © 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