Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa robusta (Seub.) C.B.Clarke

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 271 (1881)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Tropical America. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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

  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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?
Dec 8, 2004 Peru K000201655 No
Dec 8, 2004 Peru K000201655 No
Dec 8, 2004 Peru K000201655 No
Dec 8, 2004 Peru K000201655 No
Dec 8, 2004 Peru K000201654 No
Grubb, P.J.; Lloyd, J.R.; Pennington, T.D.; Whitmore, T.C. [62] Ecuador K002400797 Yes
Stein, B.A. [1056] Panama K002400789 Yes
Zarucchi, J.; Betancur, J.; Echeverry, B.; Roldan, F.J. [5072] Colombia K002400799 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10429] Bolivia K002400805 Yes
Folsom, J.P.; Kauke, J. [2655] Panama K002400792 Yes
Knapp, S.D.; Vodicka, M. [5574] Panama K002400791 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Lloyd, J.R.; Pennington, T.D.; Whitmore, T.C. [103] Ecuador K002400798 Yes
Schuster, L. [72-36] Peru K002400803 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R. [6999] Panama K002400795 Yes
Vigo, J.S. [1184] Peru K002400802 Yes
Peterson, P.M. [8586] Panama K002400794 Yes
Sytsma, K.; Andersson, L. [4722] Panama K002400793 Yes
Graham, J.; Schunke Vigo, J. [132] Peru K002400801 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H.; Roersch, C.; Westra, L.Y.T.H. [6065] Peru K002400804 Yes
Peterson, P.M.; Annable, C.R. [7154] Panama K002400796 Yes
Donnell Smith, J. [6838] Costa Rica K002400763 Yes
Gómez, L.D.; Chacón, I.A.; Herrera, G. [20880] Costa Rica K002400762 Yes
Klug, G. [1774] Colombia K002400800 Yes
Gómez, L.D.; Liesner, R.; Judziewicz, E. [#20356] Costa Rica K002400761 Yes
Knapp, S.D. [3672] Panama K002400790 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