Commelinaceae
Cyanotis

Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schult. & Schult.f.

First published in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1155 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. India, Sri Lanka. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India, Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nandikar, M.D. & Gurav, R.V. (2014). A revision of the genus Cyanotis D.Don (Commelinaceae) in India. Taiwania 59: 292-314.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Nandikar, M.D. & Gurav, R.V. (2014). A revision of the genus Cyanotis D.Don (Commelinaceae) in India. Taiwania 59: 292-314.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 31, 1978 Thwaites [2332], Sri Lanka K000854104 isosyntype Yes
Mar 31, 1978 Wight [8995], India K000854103 isosyntype Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132058 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132060 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132062 Yes
Wight [s.n.], India K000854102 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132059 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132057 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132061 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132055 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8995] K001132056 Yes
Dec 26, 1964 Kammathy, R.V. [77785C], India Cyanotis cerifolia K000854210 isotype Yes
India Cyanotis cerifolia 28993.000 No

Sources

  • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images