Commelinaceae
Cyanotis

Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 46 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa, Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Peninsula Malaysia. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Socotra, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Acharya, J., Banerjee, D. & Mukherjee, A. (2009). A contribution to the study of Commelinaceae R.Br. in Darjeeling - Sikkim Himalayas. Pleione 3(1): 18-27.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.
  • Nandikar, M.D. & Gurav, R.V. (2014). A revision of the genus Cyanotis D.Don (Commelinaceae) in India. Taiwania 59: 292-314.
  • Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
  • Fosberg, F.R. (1957). The Maldive islands, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin 58: 1-37.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Maliya, S.D. & Datt, B. (2010). A contribution to the flora of Katarniyaghat wildlife sanctuary, Baharaich district, Uttar Pradesh. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 34: 42-68.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2019 Griffith [507] India K001325299 Type Yes
Evans, J.H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K003934864 Yes
de Wilde, J.J.F.E. [4621] Eritrea K003395667 Yes
Motley, J. [869] Indonesia K003934935 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132029 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thwaites [3217] Sri Lanka K003934467 Yes
Lawson, M.A. [s.n.] India K003934441 Yes
Henry, A. [8413] China K003934343 Yes
Cuming, H. [707] Philippines K003934956 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] K001132028 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sieber [143] K003396494 Yes
Herb Wight [2841] India K003934436 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000854119 Unknown Type Material Yes
[T]; [P] [338] Malaysia K003934862 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [7243] India K003934418 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia K003934941 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [504] Thailand K003934918 Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1093] Burma K003934475 Yes
Adams, C.D.; Shafeeg, A. [15132] Maldives K003934471 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1353A] K003934433 Yes
Craib, W.G. [s.n.] India K003934416 Yes
s.coll. [18218] Philippines K003934959 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [139] Burma K003934474 Yes
Carpenter, T. [337] Maldives K003934452 Yes
Merten, G.K. [s.n.] K003395339 Yes
Evans, J.H.N. [s.n.] Malaysia K003934865 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] K003934477 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [3103] Philippines K003934954 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Rix, E.M.; Schneller, J. [19] India K003934453 Yes
s.coll. [2981] Thailand K003934916 Yes
Gammie, J. [s.n.] K003934432 Yes
Gammie, G.A.; Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003934425 Yes
Herb Stocks [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003934468 Yes
Fosberg, F.R.; Mueller-Dombois, D.; Wirawan, N.; Cooray, R.G.; Balakrishnan, N. [51173] Sri Lanka K003934466 Yes
[Feylora] [s.n.] K003934461 Yes
Yapp, R.H. [326] Malaysia K003934871 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1086] India K003934410 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003934460 Yes
Robinson, C.B. [1533] Vietnam K003934922 Yes
Lindhard, E. [28] K003934905 Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K003934423 Yes
Ritchie [742] K003934448 Yes
Robinson, H.C. [6448] Thailand K003934917 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [27071] India K003934429 Yes
Lace, J.H. [5401] Burma K003934480 Yes
Herb. Griffith [5505] India K003934431 Yes
Bourne; Rangachari, K. [s.n.] India K003934451 Yes
s.coll. [918] Sri Lanka K003934924 Yes
Lau, S.K. [559] China K003934342 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [Kds40507ß] Indonesia K003934939 Yes
Nana [6749] India K003934445 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14835] India K003934456 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [20405] India K003934407 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] K003934866 Yes
Smith, H.H.; Smith, G.H. [760] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K003396684 No
Thwaites [3217] Sri Lanka K003934469 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3508] India K003934444 Yes
Barnes, E. [s.n.] India K003934464 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15710] India K003934440 Yes
Keenan, J.; Tun Aung, U.; Rule, R.H. [1894] Burma K003934476 Yes
Wood, J.J. [7] India K003934406 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] K001132027 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14831] India K003934439 Yes
s.coll. [8989] K003934412 Yes
Turnau, E.A. [798] Malaysia K003934859 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [2] India K003934424 Yes
Herb. Griffith [5505] Burma K003934479 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132030 Unknown Type Material Yes
Imin, K.; Staples, G.; Siti Munirah, M.Y.; Kueh, H.L. [FRI74579] Malaysia K003934856 Yes
s.coll. [326] Malaysia K003934869 Yes
Craib, W.G. [s.n.] India K003934421 Yes
Lim, C.L.; Siti Munirah, M.Y.; Nazri, A. [FRI56538] Malaysia K003934857 Yes
Burkill, H.M. [HMB2756] K003934861 Yes
Griffith [Herbarium of the East India Company No. 5506] K000291929 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [2984] Malaysia K003934860 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [21193] India K003934462 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003934411 Yes
Bourne [s.n.] India K003934450 Yes
Griffith [Herbarium of the late East India Company 5517] Malaysia K000291930 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10513] India K003934430 Yes
Narayanaswami, V. [404] India K003934463 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] Malaysia K003934873 Yes
s.coll. [1342A] K003934435 Yes
s.coll. [933] Jamaica K003934938 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132031 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rao, R.S. [90682] India K003934442 Yes
Bor, N.L. [5062] India K003934415 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8986] K001132034 Unknown Type Material Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] K003934868 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Faden, A.J.; Saldanha, C.J. [76/194] India K003934447 Yes
Poilane, M. [624] K003934921 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003934417 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132032 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [403] India K003934419 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [162] India K003934414 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Philippines K003934958 Yes
Bourne [124[illegible]] India K003934449 Yes
Balansa, B. [4104] Vietnam K003934923 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132033 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hosseus, C.C. [72] China K003934920 Yes
Tsang; Fung [343] China K003934341 Yes
Loher, A. [1948] Philippines K003934957 Yes
Wood, J.J. [s.n.] India K003934409 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswami, M.S. [157] India K003934457 Yes
Schnell, R. [7487] Cote d'Ivoire K000345754 Syntype Yes
Kerr, F.H.W. [400] Thailand K003934919 Yes
Marcan, A. [1097] K003934904 Yes
Siti Munirah, M.Y.; Lim, C.L. [FRI59121] Malaysia K003934858 Yes
Masters [90] India K003934420 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003934472 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP1846] India K003934443 Yes
Zollinger, H. [906] Jamaica K003934936 Yes
Sigee, D.C. [113] Maldives K003934454 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [s.n.] K003934867 Yes
Newton, F. [s.n.] Timor-Leste K003934937 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] K003934872 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8986] Burma K001132036 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stuart [s.n.] Sri Lanka K003934470 Yes
Gammie, G.A.; Duthie, J.F. [s.n.] India K003934422 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [23966] India K003934426 Yes
Borden, T.E. [21736] Philippines K003934960 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K003396696 No
Lorzing, J.A. [13757] Indonesia K003934940 Yes
Helfer, D. [5505] Burma K003934478 Yes
Hook, J.D. [s.n.] India K003934428 Yes
Belcher, R.O. [140] Burma K003934473 Yes
Wood, J.J. [s.n.] India K003934408 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 8986] K001132035 Unknown Type Material Yes
Annandale, N. [1316] India K003934458 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H. [18018] Indonesia K003934942 Yes
s.coll. [717] Vietnam K003934925 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [RHT24652] India K003934465 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] K001132037 Unknown Type Material Yes
Misra, O.P. [41679] India K003934413 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [155] Philippines K003934953 Yes
Edgeworth [9009] K003934427 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1441] Thailand K003934914 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [4348] Philippines K003934955 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8986] India K001132038 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vaughan, G. [598] K003934870 Yes
Marcan, A. [1459] Thailand K003934915 Yes
Merton, L.F.H. [4150] Malaysia K003934863 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Gut, B.J. [95] India K003934446 Yes
K:SPC-28227.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K003396683 No
Matthew, K.M.; Rajendren, N.; Usha, A. [RHT42657] India K003934455 Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [1495] India K003934459 Yes
s.coll. [756] Thailand K003934903 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854128 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8987] India Cyanotis papilionacea K001132040 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [722] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934396 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8987] Cyanotis papilionacea K001132043 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [8987A] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854126 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wyht [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854131 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854123 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bourne; Rangachari [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934397 Yes
s.coll. [31] Thailand Cyanotis papilionacea K003934902 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854124 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854122 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight [8987B] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854159 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [1489] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934398 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14650] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934400 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8987] Cyanotis papilionacea K001132042 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854127 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934392 Yes
Dalzell, N.A. [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854132 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fischer, C.E.C. [4686] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934394 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Indian Subcontinent Cyanotis papilionacea K000854125 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [130] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vu Xuan Phong; Huyen, D.D.; Nguyen Van Du; Nguyen, Q.B. [HNK424] Vietnam Cyanotis papilionacea K003934913 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14650] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934399 Yes
Wight [s.n.] India Cyanotis papilionacea K000854129 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8987] India Cyanotis papilionacea K001132041 Unknown Type Material Yes
Matthew, K.M. [25155] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934393 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8987] India Cyanotis papilionacea K001132039 Unknown Type Material Yes
Barnes, E. [721] India Cyanotis papilionacea K003934395 Yes

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