Commelinaceae
Floscopa
Floscopa africana

Floscopa africana subsp. petrophila J.K.Morton

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 60: 200 (1967)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 55: 1-137. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Margraf Publishers, Weikersheim; Meise Botanic Garden.
  • Velayos, M., Aedo, C., Cabezas, F., de la Estrella, M., Barberá, P. & Fero, M. (eds.) (2014). Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial 11: 1-416. Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, Real jardín botánico, Madrid.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cabezas, F.J., de la Estrella, M., Aedo, C. & Velayos, M. (2009). Checklist of Commelinaceae of Equatorial Guinea (Annobón, Bioko and Río Mundi). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159: 106-122.
  • 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.
  • 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].

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Tchiengue, B. [2630] Cameroon K000436631 Yes
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11517] Cameroon K000199774 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [7527] Cameroon K000108331 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [2812] Cameroon K000108327 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Williams, S. [148] Cameroon K000108334 Yes
Louis [15986] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400289 Yes
Louis, J. [1341] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400288 Yes
Louis [613] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400290 Yes
Louis [1341] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400286 Yes
Carvalho [5763] Equatorial Guinea K002400293 Yes
Kahn, B. [90-26] Cameroon K002400285 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9869] Liberia K002400088 Yes
Evard, C. [4947] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400287 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A 3849] Ghana K002400091 Yes
Dawkins, H.C. [D 677] Uganda K002400383 No
Louis [8550] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K002400291 Yes
Mildbraed, J. [10775] Cameroon K002400283 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [2735] Cote d'Ivoire K002400087 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 8145] Ghana K002400092 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O; de Wilde-Duyfjes, B.E.E. [1136] Cameroon K002400284 Yes
Cheek, M. [11773] Cameroon K000199775 Yes
Carvalho [4178] Equatorial Guinea K002400292 No
Daws; Daws, M.K. [819] Uganda K002400384 Yes
Morton, J.K. [GC 8228] Ghana K002400090 Yes
Morton, J.K. [A 3444] Ghana K002400089 Yes

Sources

  • 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