Cyanotis

Cyanotis adscendens Dalzell (Images by (Anurag Sharma – Id by Mayur Nandikar) & (Niyas Palakkal – Id by Mayur Nandikar))- C. pillosa is very close to C. adscendens, but C. adscendens is with fusiform tuberous root, few flowered inflorescence and plant of high elevation.

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0856.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0854.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7A8P7623.JPG

 
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Type21%20-%20DSC09593.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Type21%20-%20DSC09594.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Type%2017%20-%20IMG_1726.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Type%2017%20-%20IMG_1728.JPG

Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D.Don ex Sweet-  Differences: Cyanotis fasciculata: Section Encyanotis-cymes enclosed in biseriate falcately lanceolate imbricating bracteoles; annual, dwarf, decumbent, floccosely silky or hairy; leaves linear or lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long; petals rose-purple; capsule oblong. Cyanotis axillaris: section ochreaeflora-flowers axillary in sheaths of leaves, bracteoles small not imbricating;annual, sparsely hairy or glabrous; leaves 5-15 cm long; petals blue 

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4161.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/04_Cyanotis_26oct12.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4150.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%204%20-3-.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20-1-.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%204%20-2-.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20-3-.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4162.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4157.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4153.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/14oct12_DSCN4171.jpg

Cyanotis beddomei (Hook.f.) Govaerts (India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu) as per POWO)

  

Cyanotis cristata (L.) D.Don

(Images by Bhagyashri Ranade (1,2,3) & Karuna Kanta Das (4))

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1._Commelina_sp._IMG_5736-0.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/1_2.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/070920111672-4.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/070920111673-3.jpg

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_0161.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/va%20295.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSCN1673a.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Scan10001.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/biodiv%20271-1.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/biodiv%20272.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20cristata2%20-%20Copy-0.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/5._Commelina_sp._IMG_5739.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSCN4265.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BRS%20-NBNP-%20IMG_0115.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20cristata.%20-2-.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20vaga%20-1-.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%203.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%202%20-2-.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/P1160966.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/P1160968.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/T5-IMG_5291.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/T5-IMG_5201%20-%20Copy.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/WP_20140711_0061.jpg

Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f. – Differences: Cyanotis fasciculata: Section Encyanotis-cymes enclosed in biseriate falcately lanceolate imbricating bracteoles; annual, dwarf, decumbent, floccosely silky or hairy; leaves linear or lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm long; petals rose-purple; capsule oblong. Cyanotis axillaris: section ochreaeflora-flowers axillary in sheaths of leaves, bracteoles small not imbricating;annual, sparsely hairy or glabrous; leaves 5-15 cm long; petals blue 

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/061020112326_1-9.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/051020112272.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/061020112328.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/051020112315.jpg
(Images by Mayur Nandikar & Muthu Karthick, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))- Although C. pillosa is the traditional name that has been applied to this species, but I didn’t find extreme pilose leaf surfaces, it has very similar leaf surfaces like other Cyanotis species. This species is very close to C. adscendens, but C. adscendens is with fusiform tuberous root, few flowered inflorescence and plant of high elevation

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20pilosa%20Schult.%20f%201.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20wightii%20-4-.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20wightii.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20wightii%20-5-.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20wightii%20-2-.jpg
Cyanotis thwaitesii Hassk. (Images by (Balkar Singh – Id by Manudev Mahadevan), (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))- The species is close to Cyanotis fasciculata, C. fasciculata var. rosea and Cyanotis glabrescens but differs in its perennial habit, somewhat rosette leaves and most common thing in this complex cobwebby hairs ………….

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commelina%20sp.5.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commelina%20sp.6.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commelina%20sp.4.JPG
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commelina%20sp.3.JPG

 
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cyanotis%20arachn1%20-%20Copy-6.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Commelinaceae%201.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20tuberosa1.jpg/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20tuberosa-Greater%20Cat%20Ears-Abhali.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Greater%20cat%20ears%205.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20tuberosaIMG_6118-3.JPG/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis%20tuberosaIMG_6131-2.JPG
Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) Schult. & Schult.f. (Images by Gurcharan Singh & Karuna Kanta Das, (For more photos & complete details, click on the links))- Scandent to erect herb distinct from C. cristata in linear-lanceolate (not ovate-oblong) leaves, longer bracteoles 5-10 mm (against 5 mm) and oblong 4 mm long sepals (against linear-oblong, 3 mm) and lacking falcate spathes, flower clusters axillary as well as terminal.   

/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis-barbata-Mussoorie-Chakrata%20road%20near%20Kalsi-2.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis-barbata-Mussoorie-Chakrata%20road%20near%20Kalsi-3-8.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cyanotis-barbata-Mussoorie%20Chakrata%20Road-Near%20Kalsi-1-0.jpg
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2._Cyanotis__sp.__IMG_3366-0.jpg

 
/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_0228-8-2.JPG

Cyanotis villosa ?
             

.

Based on the various efloraindia discussion on Cyanotis species, some typical attributes which one could use for initial identification could be as below. I would appreciate if you could comment on this.

tuberosa : Stem, leaves, bracts hirsute, but leaf upper lamina glabrous, rossette leaves, stem leaves linear/lanceolate, condensed scorpioid cyme
cristata: Stem, leaves glabrous, condensed scorpiod cyme (also bracketed with C.cerifolia)
fasciculata : stem leaves puberulous, inflorescence: fasciculate (hence no crown like structure ??)
axillaris: solitary flower; in leaf axils, plant glabrous

.
Fwd: A Revision of the Genus Cyanotis D. Don (Commelinaceae) in India by Mayur D. Nandikar* and Rajaram V. Gurav : 10 posts by 9 authors. Attachments (1)- Revision of the Genus Cyanotis in India.pdf
I considered always eFlora as a platform to discuss about plant wealth and the diversity which we have in India and adjoining. I may not be active all the times but never forgot to respond whenever I felt that I am much sure about the ID. Generated database will definitely going be stand as a primary data source in Indian Floral history.
I am very fortunate to being part of this group. Recently one of my paper got published, and much of the discussion about the population and diversity of genus Cyanotis, including one photograph of Cyanotis arachnoidea are produced from our group discussion. Please find a copy of it, at initial stage Gurucharan Sir helps a lot to make MS flawless. Thank you all for the efforts which have been taken by group members, to achieve this height. Wishing you a very great year for eFlora family!

Congrats … for publishing this much-needed revision.

Congrats … We have been observing you partly during the process.

Congratulation for your efforts a good manuscript has been published.
The manuscript includes only 13 taxa when there are more than 16 species from India mostly from Southern part of India. Hope other taxonomy of other taxa will also be explored at an earliest

Thank you all for nice words, and off course as … rightly pointed out that all the group members are witnessed of this. Definitely this is possible due to the knowledge offered by group people, especially …, he has given the shape to MS while reviewing it.
…, though most of the Indian literature are enumerated more than 16 species with more than 30 binomials, we concluded that most of the species are merely ecotypes and therefore have been synonymised. Especially three groups are critically revisited viz. arachnoida, burmanniana and tubersoa. We tried to cite most of the binomials attached to the Indian Cyanotis,

. 

From Floral Database of Tamilnadu : 

Binomial Habit Notes Ref. Distrib.
Cyanotis adscendens Dalz. Herb Western Ghats
& Eastern Ghats, Evergreen Forests		 Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Salem
Cyanotis arachnoidea Clarke var. arachnoidea  Herb Western
Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous o Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Kanniya kumari, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiri,
Salem,  Tirunelveli,
Tiruvanna malai, Virudhu nagar
Cyanotis arachnoidea Clarke var. thwaitesii (Hassk.) R. Rao &
Kammathy		 Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Tirunelveli
Cyanotis arcotensis R. Rao Herb Plains,
Moist Localities		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Kanchee puram,
Thanjavur, Thiruvallur,   Tirunelveli,
Tiruvanna malai
Cyanotis axillaris (L.) D. Don Herb Plains,
Moist/ Marsh Localities		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 All
districts
Cyanotis burmanniana Wight Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore
Cyanotis concanensis Hassk. is a syn. of Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult.f. Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Nilgiri
Cyanotis cristata (L.) D. Don Herb Plains
to Low Altitude, Moist Localities		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 All
districts
Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kuntze Herb Plains,
Moist Localities		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Tiruchchira ppalli,  Tiruvanna malai,
Vellore
Cyanotis fasciculata (Heyne ex Roth)
Schultes & Schultes 		 Herb Plains
to Low Altitude, Moist Localities		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Dindigul , Nilgiri,  Salem,  Viluppuram, Tiruvanna malai
Cyanotis obtusa Trimen Herb Western
Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; R. Rao, 1966		 Namakkal,
Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli
Cyanotis papilionacea (L.) Schultes &
Schultes		 Herb Plains, Moist Localities Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Kanchee puram, Thanjavur, Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli
Cyanotis pilosa Schultes & Schultes  Herb Western
Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Dindigul,
Nilgiri, Salem, Tirunelveli, Tiruvanna malai
Cyanotis tuberosa (Roxb.) Schultes &
Schultes 		 Herb Dry
Evergreen to Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989; Barnes, 1938		 Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Kanchee puram, Nilgiri, Salem, Thiruvallur, Tirunelveli, Vellore
Cyanotis villosa (Spreng.) Schultes &
Schultes		 Herb Western
Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Coimbatore,
Dindigul, Kanniya kumari,  Nilgiri,
Salem, Tiruchchira ppalli, Tirunelveli
Cyanotis wightii Clarke is a synonym of Cyanotis pilosa Schult. & Schult.f. Herb Western
Ghats, Evergreen Forests		 Flora
of Tamil Nadu, VOL. III, 1989		 Dindigul,
Nilgiri
.

.

Botanical name Synonyms Family Common name
Cyanotis arachnoidea Cyanotis bodinieri Commelinaceae Grass of the Dew
Cyanotis cristata Commelinaceae Nabhali
Cyanotis fasciculata Commelinaceae Nilwanti
Cyanotis somaliensis Commelinaceae Pussy Ears
Cyanotis tuberosa Commelinaceae Greater Cat Ears
Cyanotis vaga   Commelinaceae Wandering Dew-Grass
.

.

Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India (2000)- Details with keys– p.334 & 337-
Cyanotis cucullata (Roth) Kunth

.

A Revised Handbook of the Flora of Ceylon -, Volume 14 edited by M. D. Dassanayake (2000)- Great details with keys–
Cyanotis obtusa (Trimen) Trimen

.

Flora of Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, India By T. Pullaiah, Chintala Prabhakar, B. Ravi Prasad Rao (1998)- p. 224 & 226-
Gardening in India By George Marshall Woodrow, G Marshall (1999)-

.

Biodiversity in India, Volume 2 edited by T. Pullaiah (2003)- IUCN Red List Category & flowering period- p.51-
Cyanotis cerifolia R.S.Rao & Kammathy
Cyanotis fasciculata var. glabrescens C.B.Clarke is a synonym of Cyanotis fasciculata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Schult. & Schult.f.

.

Cyanotis : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Cyanotis

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

If someone can provide complete list of Indian species with source references it will be wonderful.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

.

1 or 2 species were done by …
.

Pl. go through ‎Cyanotis (‎‎Commelinaceae) page with images of species (mainly done by …) in efloraofindia.

If you find any mis-identification, pl. let us know. If anybody can send images of other species of this genera (for incorporation in the website), if any, it will be really nice.

Also, if anybody is interested to take up the activity of inserting images on efloraofindia pages from efloraofindia posts, pl. let us know.

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *