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Dew-grasses
Cyanotis
Cyanotis (syn. Tonningia) is a genus of mainly perennial plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1825. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australia.
48 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Showy Blue Ear
speciesCyanotis speciosa
Crested Cat Ears
speciesCyanotis cristata
Creeping Cradle Plant
speciesCyanotis axillaris
Cyanotis arachnoidea
speciesCyanotis arachnoidea
Fluffy Cat Ears
speciesCyanotis fasciculata
Sahyadri Dew-Grass
speciesCyanotis tuberosa
Cyanotis lapidosa
speciesCyanotis lapidosa
Cyanotis ciliata
speciesCyanotis ciliata
Cyanotis vaga
speciesCyanotis vaga
Pussy-ears
speciesCyanotis somaliensis
Cyanotis robusta
speciesCyanotis robusta
Cyanotis kawakamii
speciesCyanotis kawakamii
Cyanotis longifolia
speciesCyanotis longifolia
Cyanotis lanata
speciesCyanotis lanata
Cyanotis obtusa
speciesCyanotis obtusa
Cyanotis barbata
speciesCyanotis barbata
Cyanotis burmanniana
speciesCyanotis burmanniana
Cyanotis pachyrrhiza
speciesCyanotis pachyrrhiza
Cyanotis villosa
speciesCyanotis villosa
Cyanotis polyrrhiza
speciesCyanotis polyrrhiza
Teddy-bear Vine
speciesCyanotis beddomei
Cyanotis karliana
speciesCyanotis karliana
Cyanotis foecunda
speciesCyanotis foecunda
Wight's Dew-Grass
speciesCyanotis pilosa
Cyanotis lanceolata
speciesCyanotis lanceolata
Cyanotis thwaitesii
speciesCyanotis thwaitesii
Cyanotis madagascarica
speciesCyanotis madagascarica
Cyanotis grandidieri
speciesCyanotis grandidieri
Tree-Dwelling Dew-Grass
speciesCyanotis vivipara
Cyanotis angusta
speciesCyanotis angusta
Cyanotis arcotensis
speciesCyanotis arcotensis
Cyanotis repens
speciesCyanotis repens
Cyanotis ceylanica
speciesCyanotis ceylanica
Cyanotis ake-assii
speciesCyanotis ake-assii
Cyanotis cupricola
speciesCyanotis cupricola
Cyanotis moluccana
speciesCyanotis moluccana
Cyanotis lourensis
speciesCyanotis lourensis
Cyanotis scaberula
speciesCyanotis scaberula
Cyanotis ganganensis
speciesCyanotis ganganensis
Cyanotis racemosa
speciesCyanotis racemosa
Cyanotis caespitosa
speciesCyanotis caespitosa
Cyanotis paludosa
speciesCyanotis paludosa
Cyanotis gracilis
speciesCyanotis gracilis
Cyanotis papyracea
speciesCyanotis papyracea
Cyanotis vinacea
speciesCyanotis vinacea
Cyanotis uda
speciesCyanotis uda
Cyanotis cormosa
speciesCyanotis cormosa
Cyanotis cucullata
speciesCyanotis cucullata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119296.