| Floscopa | |
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| Floscopa scandens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe: | Commelineae |
| Genus: | Floscopa Lour. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Floscopa is a genus of plants in the family Commelinaceae first described in 1790. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas: Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China, Queensland, Central + South America.[1][2][3]
- Species[1]
- Floscopa africana (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke - from Liberia east to Uganda
- Floscopa aquatica Hua - from Sierra Leone + Mali east to Gabon
- Floscopa axillaris (Poir.) C.B.Clarke - West Africa from Senegal to Benin
- Floscopa confusa Brenan - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania
- Floscopa elegans Huber - Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil
- Floscopa flavida C.B.Clarke - from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Botswana
- Floscopa glabrata (Kunth) Hassk. - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica; naturalized in Vietnam
- Floscopa glomerata (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk. - most of sub-Saharan Africa; Madagascar
- Floscopa gossweileri Cavaco - Angola
- Floscopa leiothyrsa Brenan - Mali, Chad, Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana
- Floscopa mannii C.B.Clarke - from Nigeria to Zaïre
- Floscopa perforans Rusby - Bolivia
- Floscopa peruviana Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guinea
- Floscopa polypleura Brenan - Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia
- Floscopa rivularioides T.C.E.Fr. - Zimbabwe
- Floscopa robusta (Seub.) C.B.Clarke - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Central America
- Floscopa scandens Lour. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia, Philippines, Queensland
- Floscopa schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - Tanzania
- Floscopa tanneri Brenan - Zaïre, Tanzania
- Floscopa yunnanensis D.Y.Hong - Yunnan Province in China
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 24 聚花草属 ju hua cao shu Floscopa Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 189, 192. 1790.
- ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.
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