Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa aquatica Hua

First published in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 122 (1895)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • 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

  • Brenan in Kew Bull. 15: 228 (1961)
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 201 (1967).
  • in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 122 (1895)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • 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.
  • Jongkind, C. (2014). Fauna & Flora of Liberia, flowering plant species list www.liberianfaunaflora.org.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1967 Thomas, N.W. [3614] Sierra Leone K000345787 Type Yes
Bidault, E.; Senterre, B.; Haba, P.; Goman, A. [2348] Guinea K002400121 Yes
Glanville, R.R. [50] Sierra Leone K002400130 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [4552] Sierra Leone K002400127 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL601] Sierra Leone K002400136 Yes
Jones, T.S. [161] Sierra Leone K002400133 Yes
Richards, P.W. [3928] Nigeria K002400147 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [158] Nigeria K002400145 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2216] Nigeria K002400142 Yes
Jackson, W. [28] Sierra Leone K002400134 Yes
Stanfield [158] Nigeria K002400146 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2457] Nigeria K002400141 Yes
WRQ, L.W.; Sanogo, S. [15857] Mali K002400118 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL262] Sierra Leone K002400122 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [1338] Sierra Leone K002400126 Yes
Morton, J.K.; Gledhill, D. [SL91] Sierra Leone K002400137 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [4134] Sierra Leone K002400128 Yes
Ariwaodo, J.O. [ARS1023] Nigeria K002400143 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [404] Sierra Leone K002400135 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A. [31943] Nigeria K002400144 Yes
Arboretum, A.; Linder, D.H. [1412] Liberia K002400138 Yes
Bidault, E.; Senterre, B.; Haba, P.; Goman, A. [2512] Guinea K002400120 Yes
Morton, J.K. [SL2883] Sierra Leone K002400123 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [334] Sierra Leone K002400125 Yes
Deighton, F.C. [5343] Sierra Leone K002400132 Yes
WRQ, L.W.; Sanogo, S. [15964] Mali K002400117 Yes
Schnell [6562] Cote d'Ivoire K002400140 Yes
Pyne, C.T. [20] Sierra Leone K002400131 Yes
Jordan [595] Sierra Leone K002400129 Yes
s.coll. [2076] Sierra Leone K002400124 Yes
Alves Pereira, J. [2452] Guinea-Bissau K002400119 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [685] Cote d'Ivoire K002400139 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • 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