Commelinaceae
Cyanotis

Cyanotis longifolia Benth.

First published in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 543 (1849)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to NE. Namibia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Brenan in Kew Bull. 7: 205 (1952)
  • F.T.A. 8: 81
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 195 (1967).
  • Schnell in Bull. I.F.A.N. 19, Sér. A: 729 (1957)
  • in Fl. Nigrit. 543 (1849)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [3608] Cameroon K000746713 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3346] Zambia K:SPC-04584.000 No
Hepper, F.N. [7370] Malawi K003396270 Yes
Pawek, J. [13313] Malawi K003396264 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3004] Zambia K:SPC-04586.000 No
[A. Touali] [445] Malawi K003396269 Yes
Onochie, C.F. [35447] Nigeria K:SPC-25616.000 No
Pawek, J. [13541] Malawi K003396265 Yes
Francisco, M.; Camôngua, J. [FM1743] Angola K001634814 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3937] Zambia K:SPC-02242.000 No
Pawek, J. [7740] Malawi K003396259 Yes
Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K.; Bidgood, S. [9822] Zambia K001573939 Yes
Lind, E. [168] Uganda K:SPC-04588.000 No
Pawek, J. [4176] Malawi K003396262 Yes
Tanner, R. [487] Tanzania K:SPC-04583.000 No
Curran [1] Congo, Republic of the K000345759 Type Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [1068] Angola K001590821 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [1082] Tanzania K:SPC-25105.000 No
Welwitsch [6595] Angola K000345778 Isosyntype Yes
Pawek, J. [7683] Malawi K003396266 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1944] Sudan K000345768 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [1944] Sudan K000345769 Type Yes
Pawek, J. [12117] Malawi K003396261 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K003396272 Yes
Schnell, R. [6583] Cote d'Ivoire K000345745 Syntype Yes
Salubeni, A.J. [922] Malawi K003396271 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs.) [10481] Malawi K003396267 Yes
Welwitsch [6651] Angola K000345777 Isosyntype Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [13275] Guinea K:SPC-07126.000 No
Greenway, P.J. [9867] Tanzania K:SPC-01286.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E. [3456] Zambia K:SPC-02243.000 No
Pawek, J. [7899] Malawi K003396258 Yes
Pawek, J. [10883] Malawi K003396260 Yes
Wild, H. [40765] Zimbabwe K:SPC-04585.000 No
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8419] Tanzania K:SPC-04587.000 No
Speke; Grant [s.n.] Tanzania K000345774 Type Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9008] Tanzania K:SPC-12971.000 No
Ash [540] Ethiopia K:SPC-37432.000 No
Pawek, J. [13670] Malawi K003396263 Yes
Pawek, J. [13287] Malawi K003396268 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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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