Pollia (plant) explained

Pollia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1781. It is widespread through the Old World Tropics: Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, etc. There is also one species endemic to Panama.^[1]

Species^[1]

• Pollia americana Faden - Panama
• Pollia bracteata K.Schum. - Tanzania
• Pollia condensata C.B.Clarke - much of tropical Africa
• Pollia crispata (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New South Wales
• Pollia gracilis C.B.Clarke - Comoros, Madagascar
• Pollia hasskarlii R.S.Rao - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Java
• Pollia × horsfieldii C.B.Clarke - Java (P. secundiflora × P. thyrsiflora)
• Pollia japonica Thunb. - China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
• Pollia macrobracteata D.Y.Hong - Guangxi
• Pollia macrophylla (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Vietnam
• Pollia mannii C.B.Clarke - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania + Angola
• Pollia miranda (H.Lév.) H.Hara - China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan
• Pollia papuana Ridl. - New Guinea
• Pollia pentasperma C.B.Clarke - Assam
• Pollia sambiranensis H.Perrier - Madagascar
• Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f. - China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia
• Pollia subumbellata C.B.Clarke - southern China, Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia
• Pollia sumatrana Hassk. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
• Pollia thyrsiflora (Blume) Steud. - southern China, Assam, Southeast Asia
• Pollia verticillata Hallier f. - New Guinea
• Pollia × zollingeri (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke - Java (P. hasskarlii × P. secundiflora)

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=259361 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families