| Cyanastrum | |
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| Cyanastrum cordifolium | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Tecophilaeaceae |
| Genus: |
Cyanastrum Oliv. [1] |
| Type species | |
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Cyanastrum cordifolium | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Schoenlandia Cornu | |
Cyanastrum is a genus of plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae, native to tropical Africa. It contains three currently recognized species. [2]
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]
The following species are recognized: [2]
- Cyanastrum cordifolium Oliv. – Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire ( Congo-Kinshasa)
- Cyanastrum goetzeanum Engl. – Tanzania
- Cyanastrum johnstonii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.) – Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zaire ( Congo-Kinshasa)
- ^ Oliver, Daniel. 1891. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 20, t. 1965, Cyanastrum cordifolium
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Cyanastrum
- ^ Klaus Kubitzki (2013). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 434. ISBN 978-3-662-03533-7.