Floscopa

Floscopa
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]
DithyrocarpusKunth

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. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 24 聚花草属 ju hua cao shu Floscopa Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 189, 192. 1790.
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

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