# Cyanella

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cyanella
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cyanella.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanella
> Source revision: 1195206341
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Lady's Hand (Cyanella lutea rosea) (31743182224).jpg 
|image_caption = ''[Cyanella lutea](/source/Cyanella_lutea)''
|taxon = Cyanella
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
|synonyms_ref = <ref name="WCSP"/>
|synonyms = *''Pharetrella'' <small>Salisb.</small>
*''Trigella'' <small>Salisb.</small>
}}

'''''Cyanella''''' is a genus of [corm](/source/corm)ous [perennial](/source/perennial) herbs native to [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) and [Namibia](/source/Namibia), first described for modern science in 1754.<ref name="WCSP">Search for "Cyanella", {{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ |access-date=2021-10-30}}</ref>

== Species ==
{{As of|2021|October}}, the [World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) accepted nine species:<ref name="WCSP"/>
*''[Cyanella alba](/source/Cyanella_alba)'' <small>L.f.</small> - Cape Province
*''[Cyanella aquatica](/source/Cyanella_aquatica)'' <small>Oberm. ex G.Scott</small> - Calvinia Division of Cape Province
*''[Cyanella cygnea](/source/Cyanella_cygnea)'' <small>G.Scott</small> - Cape Province
*''[Cyanella hyacinthoides](/source/Cyanella_hyacinthoides)'' <small>Royen ex L.</small> - Cape Province; naturalized in Western Australia
*''[Cyanella lutea](/source/Cyanella_lutea)'' <small>L.f.</small> - Namibia, Cape Province, Free State
*''[Cyanella marlothii](/source/Cyanella_marlothii)'' <small>J.C.Manning & Goldblatt</small> – Northern Cape Provinces
*''[Cyanella orchidiformis](/source/Cyanella_orchidiformis)'' <small>Jacq.</small> - Cape Province
*''[Cyanella pentheri](/source/Cyanella_pentheri)'' <small>Zahlbr.</small> – Cape Province
*''[Cyanella ramosissima](/source/Cyanella_ramosissima)''  <small>(Engl. & Krause) Engl. & K.Krause</small> - Namibia, Cape Province

[[File:Cyanella hyacinthoides - Ladies hand (30149291514).jpg|thumb|center|Flowers of ''[Cyanella hyacinthoides](/source/Cyanella_hyacinthoides)'']]

==References==
{{Commons category}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q5197429}}

Category:Flora of Southern Africa
Category:Asparagales genera
Category:Tecophilaeaceae

{{Asparagales-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cyanella](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanella) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanella?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.