Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa peruviana Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 270 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Spruce, R. [4427] Peru K000201654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5168] Ecuador K002400785 Yes
Badcock, W.J. [341] Bolivia K002400783 Yes
Neill, D.; Palacios, W.A. [6772] Ecuador K002400778 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Cobb, L.; Grothe, E.H.M. [4572] Peru K002400780 Yes
Williams, R.S. [707] Bolivia K002400775 Yes
De Granville, J.J.; Roesel, C.; Brothers, L. [11482] French Guiana K002400770 Yes
Spruce, R. [3902] Peru K000201653 Yes
[J. D. Peyt] [905D] Ecuador K002400784 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H.; Roersch, C.; Westra, L.Y.T.H. [6066] Peru K002400779 Yes
Spruce, R. [4427] Peru K000201655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Klug, G. [4178] Peru K002400782 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Hill, R.J.; Pennington, T.D.; Ramos, J.M. [24159] Peru K002400781 Yes
Lechler [2467] Peru K000363228 Type Yes
Klug, G. [2139] Peru K002400773 Yes
Asplund, E. [14475] Peru K002400774 Yes
Vigo, J.S. [817] Peru K002400776 Yes
Schuster, L. [72-19] Peru K002400777 Yes
Ule, E. [6297] Peru K002400772 Yes
Spruce, R. [3905] Peru Floscopa peruviana var. perforans K000363229 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0