Commelinaceae

Floscopa Lour.

First published in Fl. Cochinch.: 192 (1790)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, DR Congo, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

  • Dithyrocarpus Kunth in Ber. Bekanntm. Verh. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1841: 245 (1841)

Accepted Species

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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 8: 84.
  • Fl. Cochinch. 192 (1790)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9788] Cameroon K000746701 Yes
Streimann, H.; Kairo, A. [NGD. 44236] Papua New Guinea K002794958 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5555] Zambia K002400696 Yes
Greenway, P.J. [7960] Zambia K:SPC-23691.000 No
Carr, C.E. [12529] Papua New Guinea K002794956 Yes
Grández, C. [344] Peru K002400810 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16194] Zambia K002400691 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D.; Villarroel, D. [24849] Bolivia K002400814 No
Gossweiler, J. [3829] Angola K002400687 Yes
Codd, L.E.W. [7399] Zambia K002400699 Yes
Cabezas, F.; Velayos, M. [2283] Equatorial Guinea K001873346 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [8872] Nigeria K:SPC-23690.000 No
O'Donnel, S.A.; Nguyen, T.M.H. [0050] Vietnam K001891211 No
Malaisse, F.; Claes, V. [14761] Guinea-Bissau K002400349 Yes
Ruxton, J.P. [83] Gambia, The K002400214 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9248] Zambia K002400692 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [677] Uganda K:SPC-24372.000 No
Meikle, R.D. [857] Nigeria K:SPC-24374.000 No
s.coll. [8902] Colombia K002400812 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Soto, D.; Villarroel, D. [24959] Bolivia K002400815 Yes
{M. de Wailly} [5354] Sudan K002400215 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F22] Zambia K002400697 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16428] Zambia K002400689 Yes
Bingham, M.G.; Wixted, T. [12526] Zambia K002400690 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F82A] Zambia K002400694 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10516] Tanzania K:SPC-23689.000 No
David, B.; Cheng, S.K.; Leti, M. [s.n.] Cambodia K002794860 Yes
Dalziel, J.M. [450] Nigeria K002400217 Yes
Smith, E. [488] Thailand K002794863 Yes
{Phuong, V.X.; Huyen, D.D.; Du, N.V.; Binh, N.Q.; Rogier de Kok; Xuyen, D.T.; Gemma Bramley, Gill Challen, Maria Vorontsova} [HNK 104] Vietnam K002794865 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Brenan, J.P.M. [7960] Zambia K002400698 Yes
Cheek, M. [10885] Cameroon K000875828 Yes
s.coll. [12661] Zambia K002400700 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [8062] Tanzania K:SPC-24376.000 No
Polak, A.M. [765] Indonesia K002794955 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [9698] Tanzania K:SPC-23283.000 No
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [16428] Zambia K002400688 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1493] Thailand K002794862 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [3151] Angola K002400702 Yes
Geerling, C.; Bokdam, J. [1078] Cote d'Ivoire K002400218 Yes
Hoogland, R.D. [4238] Papua New Guinea K002794957 Yes
Du, N.V.; Moore, A.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Sinou, C.J.A.; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 2793] Vietnam K002794866 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8528] Nigeria K:SPC-24373.000 No
Du, N.V.; Moore, A.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Sinou, C.J.A.; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 3156] Vietnam K002794868 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [37189] Nigeria K:SPC-06448.000 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Landivar, S. [17591] Bolivia K002400813 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [2251] Kenya K:SPC-25424.000 No
Jordan, H.D. [817] Sierra Leone K002400213 Yes
Du, N.V.; Moore, A.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Sinou, C.J.A.; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 2829] Vietnam K002794867 Yes
Sandeman, C.A.W. [3727] Peru K002400811 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [868] Vietnam K002794864 Yes
Seidel, R.; Guardián, L.; Guali, J.; Paz, C. [6654] Bolivia K002400809 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [3545] Zambia K002400695 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [13400] Tanzania K002400536 Yes
Larsen, K.; Santisuk, T.; Warncke, E. [s.n.] Thailand K002794861 Yes
Rogers, F.A. [5219] Zimbabwe K002400701 Yes
s.coll. [12503] Congo, Republic of the K002400348 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [5582] Zambia K002400693 Yes
Pobéguin, M. [577] Guinea K002400216 Yes
Adames, P. [192] Sierra Leone K002400212 Yes
Schunke, J.V. [5694] Peru K001393156 No

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    • '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.

  • 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