Cyanotis speciosa

Cyanotis speciosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Commelinales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Commelinales

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Cyanotinae
Genus: Cyanotis
Species: Cyanotis speciosa
Subspecies: C. s. subsp. bulbosa – C. s. subsp. speciosa

Name

Cyanotis speciosa (L.f.) Hassk., Commelin. Ind.: 108 (1870).

Synonymy

Basionym
- Tradescantia speciosa L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 192 (1782).

Homotypic
- Commelina speciosa (L.f.) Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 58 (1794).
- Tonningia speciosa (L.f.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Southern Africa Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Cape Provinces; Free State; KwaZulu-Natal; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Northern Provinces; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hasskarl, J.C., 1870. Commelinaceae Indicae: 108.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cyanotis speciosa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 28.

Hassler, M. 2019. Cyanotis speciosa. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 28.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cyanotis speciosa. Published online. Accessed October 28 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Cyanotis speciosa . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 28.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Bloupoeierkwassie
English: Doll's powderpuff, Job's tears, Wandering jew
Sesotho: Khopo, Theepe-balingoana
Tshivenda: Ndou muhulu
isiXhosa: uMagoswana
isiZulu: inGonga, inKombo, inSonga, uDabulamafu, uMakhothigobile, uMakotigoyile

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