Commelinaceae
Floscopa
Floscopa africana

Floscopa africana subsp. majuscula (C.B.Clarke) Brenan

First published in Kew Bull. 22: 387 (1968)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is W. & W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

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.
  • 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

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2001 Ensermu, K. [3520] Cameroon K000108821 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [5506] Cameroon K000108332 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Punch, C. [s.n.] Nigeria K000345783 Syntype Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Millen, H. [97] Nigeria K000345784 Syntype Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [179] Nigeria K002400101 Yes
s.coll. [F 873] Sierra Leone K002400077 Yes
Barker, A.J.D. [1121] Liberia K002400078 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Jongkind, C.C.H.; Schoonhoven, J.G.; Mbombet, M. [3950] Gabon K002400295 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [859] Nigeria K002400096 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [8872] Nigeria K002400097 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [2827] Nigeria K002400093 Yes
Baldwin, J.T. [9886] Liberia K002400079 Yes
Talbot, P.A. [909] Nigeria K002400099 Yes
Lowe, J.L. [1995] Nigeria K002400094 Yes
Newberry, R.J.; Etim, A.E. [175] Nigeria K002400098 Yes
Letouzey, R. [2759] Cameroon K002400294 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI 28171] Nigeria K002400102 Yes
Oldeman, R.A.A. [801] Ghana K002400076 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [178] Nigeria K002400100 Yes
Stanfield, D.P. [5] Nigeria K002400095 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