Biology:Floscopa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Floscopa
Floscopa scandens.JPG
Floscopa scandens
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Floscopa
Lour.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dithyrocarpus Kunth

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


Wikidata ☰ Q1936108 entry