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Cyanotis D.Don

This genus name was first published in Prodr. Fl. Nepal. : 45 (1825)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000010170.

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Synonyms of Cyanotis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amischophacelus R.S.Rao & Kammathy J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 59(379): 305–306. 1966[1966]. wfo-4000001603
Belosynapsis Hassk. Flora 54: 259 (1871) wfo-4000004387
Erythrotis Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 1875. wfo-4000014015
Siphostigma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837) wfo-4000035528
Tonningia Neck. ex A.Juss. Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 54: 505. 1829. wfo-4000038564
Zygomenes Salisb. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 271. 1812. wfo-4000041334
Cyanopogon Welw. ex C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 240 (1881) wfo-4000045320
Dalzellia Hassk. Flora 48: 593. 1865 — wfo-4100005870

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Cyanotis:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis abyssinica var. glabrescens A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 344. 1850 wfo-1200015928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis forsskaoliana Nandikar & Gurav Commelin. India 121 (2024) wfo-1000071061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis gryphaea Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 365, nomen. 1920 wfo-0001351236
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis hirsuta var. glabra K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 136. 1895 wfo-1200015988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis incerta Hassk. Commelin. Ind. : 160 (1870) wfo-0000366607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis lanata var. lanuginosa K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 36: 209. 1905 wfo-1200015878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis lanata var. rubescens (A.Chev.) Schnell Bull. Inst. Fondam. Afrique Noire, Sér. A, Sci. Na 19: 741. 1957 wfo-1200016042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis lanata var. schweinfurthii (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 258. 1881 wfo-1200016014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis lanata var. sublanata C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 258. 1881 wfo-1200015853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis longifolia var. bakeriana C.B.Clarke Monogr. Phan. 3: 259. 1881 wfo-1200015890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis mirabilis A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 330 (1913), nomen. wfo-0001351237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis montana K.Schum. Hochgebirgsfl. Afrika 156 (1892) wfo-1000037153
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis racemosa var. thomsonii Hassk. Commelin. Ind. 126. 1870 wfo-1200015913
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis sericea Hassk. Commelin. Ind. : 152 (1870) wfo-0000367000
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Cyanotis simplicicaulis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 511 (1915) wfo-0000367007