Floscopa Explained

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

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=246159 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=112882 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 Web site: Archived copy . 2015-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ . 2015-09-06 . . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro