{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image =Cyanastrum cordifolium - Botanischer Garten Freiburg - DSC06310.jpg |image_caption =''Cyanastrum cordifolium'' |taxon = Cyanastrum |authority =Oliv.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16234873#page/178/mode/1up Oliver, Daniel. 1891. Hooker's Icones Plantarum v 20, t. 1965, ''Cyanastrum cordifolium'']</ref> |type_species = ''Cyanastrum cordifolium'' |synonyms_ref=<ref name=j/> |synonyms=''Schoenlandia'' <small>Cornu</small> }}
'''''Cyanastrum''''' is a genus of plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae, native to tropical Africa. It contains three currently recognized species.<ref name=j>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=303727 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Cyanastrum'' ]</ref>
==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.<ref name=Kubitzki>{{cite book|author=Klaus Kubitzki|title=Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RSfrCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA434 |year=2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-662-03533-7 |pages=434}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are recognized:<ref name=j/> # ''Cyanastrum cordifolium'' <small>Oliv.</small> – Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa) # ''Cyanastrum goetzeanum'' <small>Engl.</small> – Tanzania # ''Cyanastrum johnstonii'' <small>Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)</small> – Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa)
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Category:Asparagales genera Category:Tecophilaeaceae