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Cyanastrum

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Cyanastrum
Cyanastrum cordifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Tecophilaeaceae
Genus: Cyanastrum
Oliv.[1]
Type species
Cyanastrum cordifolium
Synonyms[2]

Schoenlandia Cornu

Cyanastrum is a genus of plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae, native to tropical Africa. It contains three currently recognized species.[2]

Description

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Cyanastrum has a corm that lacks a protective tunic. The leaf and the inflorescence emerge from different corm-scales, and are present at different times. The leaf has a short stalk, is basal and is usually single. The inflorescence is a raceme, often with no bracts, the tepals are blue and the flowers have parts in sixes.[3]

Species

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The following species are recognized:[2]

  1. Cyanastrum cordifolium Oliv.Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa)
  2. Cyanastrum goetzeanum Engl.Tanzania
  3. Cyanastrum johnstonii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa)

References

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  1. ^ Oliver, Daniel. 1891. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 20, t. 1965, Cyanastrum cordifolium
  2. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cyanastrum
  3. ^ Klaus Kubitzki (2013). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 434. ISBN 978-3-662-03533-7.