# Cyanastrum

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{{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](/source/Cyanastrum_cordifolium)''
|synonyms_ref=<ref name=j/>
|synonyms=''Schoenlandia'' <small>Cornu</small>
}}

'''''Cyanastrum''''' is a genus of plants in the family [Tecophilaeaceae](/source/Tecophilaeaceae), native to [tropical Africa](/source/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](/source/corm) that lacks a protective tunic. The leaf and the [inflorescence](/source/inflorescence) emerge from different [corm-scales](/source/Cataphyll), and are present at different times. The leaf has a short stalk, is basal and is usually single. The inflorescence is a [raceme](/source/raceme), often with no bracts, the [tepal](/source/tepal)s 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](/source/Cyanastrum_cordifolium)'' <small>Oliv.</small> – [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria), [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon), [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), [Gabon](/source/Gabon), [Congo-Brazzaville](/source/Congo-Brazzaville), [Zaire](/source/Zaire) ([Congo-Kinshasa](/source/Congo-Kinshasa))
# ''[Cyanastrum goetzeanum](/source/Cyanastrum_goetzeanum)'' <small>Engl.</small> – [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania)
# ''[Cyanastrum johnstonii](/source/Cyanastrum_johnstonii)'' <small>Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.)</small> – [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), [Zambia](/source/Zambia), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique), [Zaire](/source/Zaire) ([Congo-Kinshasa](/source/Congo-Kinshasa))

==References==
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Category:Asparagales genera
Category:Tecophilaeaceae

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