Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa flavida C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 269 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa to N. Botswana. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 210
  • F.T.A. 8: 87
  • Nielsen, Introd. Fl. Pl. W. Trop. Afr. 184 (1965).
  • in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 269(1881)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Schweinfurth, G. [4286] Sudan K000345796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Sitoni, D.; Vollesen, K.B.; Whitehouse, C. [3788] Tanzania K002400499 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1228] Zambia K002400656 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [968] Tanzania K002400493 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [18332] Malawi K002400658 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [1169] Zambia K002400653 Yes
Baum, H. [915] Angola K000345804 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pereira, J.A. [2160] Guinea-Bissau K002794967 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7199] Tanzania K002400500 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3544] Zambia K002400654 Yes
Van Rensburg, H.J. [KBS2012] Zambia K002400652 Yes
Smith, R.; Pope; Goyder [5801] Malawi K002400657 Yes
Schmitz, A. [8324] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400344 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [9698] Tanzania K002400491 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6944] Tanzania K002400501 Yes
Schlieben, H.J. [2347] Tanzania K002400494 Yes
Parsons, A.C. [61] Nigeria K002794969 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB 1653] Tanzania K002400492 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [(271)] Niger K002794968 Yes
Audrn, J. [1587] Chad K002400343 Yes
Chisumpa, S.M. [677] Zambia K002400655 Yes
Barter [760] K000345781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [2008] Tanzania K002400498 Yes
Adam, J.G. [15891] Senegal K002794965 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/188] Tanzania K002400496 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A1464] Ghana K002794966 Yes
Whyte, A. [s.n.] Malawi K002400659 Yes
Lely, H.V. [554] Nigeria K002794970 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [11159] Tanzania K002400497 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [731] Angola K002400660 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10591] Tanzania K002400495 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2537] Sudan K000345797 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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