# 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

## Gallery

* Cyanotis cristata in Hyderabad, India.
* Cyanotis fasciculata in Hyderabad, India.