Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa leiothyrsa Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 7: 206 (1952)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Dry Tropical Africa to N. Botswana. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Chad, DR Congo, Mali, Tanzania, Zambia

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • in Kew Bull. 7: 206 (1952).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 22, 1952 Burtt, B.D. [3802] Tanzania K000345799 Holotype Yes
Audrn, J. [1738] Chad K002400345 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1778] Botswana K002400663 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6885] Tanzania K002400517 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7179] Tanzania K002400516 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/512] Tanzania K002400514 Yes
s.coll. [11618] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400346 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6914] Tanzania K002400515 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9960] Zambia K002400662 Yes
Story, R. [4760] Botswana K002400664 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5445] Zambia K002400661 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6885] Tanzania K002400518 Yes
Davey, J.T. [107] Sudan K002794964 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/

  • 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