Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa africana (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 267 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Togo, Uganda

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 55: 1-137. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 85
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 199 (1967).
  • in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 267 (1881)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2011 Cheek, M. [5522] Cameroon K000024421 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Watts, J. [1016] Cameroon K000024426 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Tchouto (Mbatchou), P. [940] Cameroon K000024427 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Harris, D.J. [3655] Cameroon K000024428 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Williams, S. [59] Cameroon K000024423 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Cheek, M. [4997] Cameroon K000024430 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Cheek, M. [5831] Cameroon K000024425 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Harris, D.J. [3673] Cameroon K000024429 Yes
Jan 1, 2011 Williams, S. [76] Cameroon K000024422 Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Kwangue, A. [138] Cameroon K000011063 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Haegens, R.M.A.P. [2283] Cameroon K001418978 Yes
Cheek, M.; Mambo; Euclay; Mondli; Sanele; Suly; Mut [7932] Cameroon K001222570 Yes
Gledhill, D. [1017] Nigeria K002400063 Yes
s.coll. [90] K002400080 Yes
van der Burgt, X.M.; Eyakwe, M.B. [644] Cameroon K002400260 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2437] Nigeria K002400103 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 37215] Nigeria K002400084 Yes
Slayback, D. [93-9] Cameroon K001636487 No
Poulsen, A.D. [1066] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400274 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 16247] Nigeria K002400110 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [177] Nigeria K002400104 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 37189] Nigeria K002400059 Yes
Sharland, R.E. [[1491]] Nigeria K002400057 Yes
Latilo, M.G. [FHI 64611] Nigeria K002400082 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 37265] Nigeria K002400108 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [762] Nigeria K002400085 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B. [12577] K002400272 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 31884] Nigeria K002400058 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [151] Nigeria K002400061 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [151] Nigeria K002400062 Yes
Killick, H.J. [202] Nigeria K002400112 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 36055] Nigeria K002400064 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [8841] Zambia K002400538 Yes
Latilo, M.G.; Daramola, B.O. [FHI 28789] Nigeria K002400083 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [607] South Sudan K002400350 Yes
Masens, B. [946] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400273 Yes
Hall, J.; Kahn, B. [072/93] Cameroon K002400259 Yes
Sharland [933] Nigeria K002400081 Yes
Adams, C.D. [1460] Ghana K002400106 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI 34346] Nigeria K002400111 Yes
Pilz, G.E. [2223] Nigeria K002400086 Yes
Keay, R.W.J.; Jones, A.P.D. [FHI 13760] Nigeria K002400060 Yes
Olorunfemi, J. [FHI 55128] Nigeria K002400113 Yes
Hall, J.; Kahn, B. [083/93] Cameroon K002400258 Yes
Okafor, J.C. [FHI 46853] Nigeria K002400107 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 25487] Nigeria K002400109 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [177] Nigeria K002400105 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0