Floscopa
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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. ; Species * 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.…
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. Species 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
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