Biology:Cyanastrum

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Cyanastrum
Cyanastrum cordifolium - Botanischer Garten Freiburg - DSC06310.jpg
Cyanastrum cordifolium
Scientific classification e
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

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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3008035 entry