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Taxon

Cyanotis speciosa (L.f.) Hassk.

Protologue Commelin. Ind. 108. 1870 [Apr 1870]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (4).jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (4).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 017.jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 017.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (1).jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (1).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 016.jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 016.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (5).jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (5).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 015.jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 015.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 014.jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 014.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (3).jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (3).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (2).jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya. 2 Oct 2003. 416 (2).jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 013.jpg

Cyanotis speciosa--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd. L. Sibaya Lodge to Mbazwana. 2 Oct 03. 013.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe; presence uncertain in Burundi (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

October 2, 2003

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Commelinales

Family

Commelinaceae

Genus

Cyanotis

Specific Epithet

speciosa

Authorship

(L.f.) Hassk.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#93,845 of 335,497

Top 28%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →