Commelinaceae
Floscopa

Floscopa glomerata (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk.

First published in Commelin. Ind.: 166 (1870)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar. It is a helophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • C. B. Cl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 267 (1881)
  • Commel. Ind. 166 (1870)
  • F.T.A. 8: 86
  • J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 200 (1967).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • 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.
  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 1, 2006 Maurin, O.; Davis, A.P.; Rakotonasolo, F. [107] Madagascar K:SPC-76241.000 No
May 1, 2006 Maurin, O.; Rakotonasolo, F.; Ralimanana, H. [146] Madagascar K:SPC-76233.000 No
Mar 1, 2000 Cheek, M. [9845] Cameroon K000746698 No
Jan 1, 1967 Stolz, A. [832] Tanzania K000345798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Schimper, W. [1226] Ethiopia K000345791 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Quartin-Dillon; Petit [s.n.] Ethiopia K000345792 Unknown Type Material Yes
Codd, L.E.W. [7496] Angola K002400646 Yes
Miline-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10516] Tanzania K002400481 Yes
Richards, H.M.; Arasululu, S. [25902] Tanzania K002400443 Yes
Boaler, S.B. [973] Tanzania K002400472 Yes
Miller, O.B. [5876] Zimbabwe K002400623 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [2350] Uganda K002400390 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [14599] Ethiopia K002400358 Yes
Ghogue, Njie, F., Chouaibou, K., Jacqueline, G.A., Delphine, W., Nelson, M.N., Ndoh, F.V., Toh, C., Foryoung, A.P. [1140] Cameroon K001480089 Yes
Wild, H. [575] Zimbabwe K002400617 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Griffiths, P.; Harvey, Y.B.; Mbago, F.; Paton, A.J. [3909] Tanzania K002400465 Yes
Lindemann, H.A. [782] Tanzania K002400446 Yes
Eyles, F. [2961] Zimbabwe K002400616 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6253] Ethiopia K002400378 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9545] Zambia K002400610 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [11226] Zambia K002400597 Yes
Fries, R.E.; Fries, T.C.E. [2048] Kenya K002400423 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [14631] Ethiopia K002400380 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Gillett, J.B. [3990] Zambia K002400595 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [1525] Botswana K002400642 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/252] Tanzania K002400433 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; Thulin, M. [792] Ethiopia K002400369 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [3195A] Zambia K002400607 Yes
Rounce, N.V. [345] Tanzania K002400426 Yes
{Miss Mainwaring} [2147] Kenya K002400412 Yes
Tweedie, E.M. [2712] Kenya K:SPC-30849.000 No
{F. Ng' weno} [EA 15128] Kenya K002400414 Yes
s.coll. [10529] Zambia K002400598 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10516] Tanzania K002400480 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Townsend, C.C.; Mwasumbi, L. [1872] Tanzania K002400437 Yes
Luke, Q.; Bytebier, B.; Butynski, T.; Ehart, C.; Perkins, A. [7079] Tanzania K002400460 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2769] Sudan K002400353 Yes
Thomas, A.S. [[Th4013]] Uganda K002400387 Yes
Miller, O.B. [2777] Zimbabwe K002400624 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [7585] Ethiopia K002400373 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2099] Sudan K002400352 Yes
Erens, J. [418] Botswana K002400633 Yes
de Wilde, W.J.J.O.; Duyfjes, B.E.E. [7597] Ethiopia K002400372 Yes
Tanner, R.E.S. [795] Tanzania K002400424 Yes
Tolley, H.C. [38a/b] Botswana K002400637 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [927] Angola K002400647 Yes
{Miss Mainwaring} [2147] Kenya K002400411 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [[P 571]] Uganda K002400388 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [637] Kenya K002400418 Yes
Smith, P.A. [552] Botswana K002400641 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L.; Vollesen, K. [9249] Zambia K001573938 Yes
Lambrecht, D. [520] Botswana K002400639 Yes
Hopkins, J.C. [s.n.] Zimbabwe K002400627 Yes
Miller, O.B. [8232] Zimbabwe K002400621 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [351] Zambia K002400604 Yes
Harris, T.; Murray-Hudson, F. [738] Angola K002400643 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [779] Zambia K002400605 Yes
Robison, T. [4841] Tanzania K002400427 Yes
{H. D. van Someren} [EA 12226] Kenya K002400408 Yes
Chase, N.C. [230] Zimbabwe K002400614 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1790] Ethiopia K002400366 Yes
Friis, I.; Hounde, A.; Jacobsen, K. [5] Ethiopia K002400363 No
Napier, E.R. [803] Kenya K002400420 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P. [10901] Tanzania K:SPC-23692.000 No
Stolz, A. [1328] Tanzania K002400459 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/95] Tanzania K002400462 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10600] Tanzania K002400483 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [15177A] Zambia K002400601 Yes
Luke, W.R.Q.; Vorontsova, M.; Kayombo, C.; Kimeu, J.M. [WRQ 16229] Tanzania K002400431 Yes
Friis, I.; Harris, T.; Hailu, A.; Geteachew, E. [14600] Ethiopia K002400359 Yes
Thulin, M.; Mhoro, B. [668] Tanzania K002400476 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [P 2514] Uganda K002400385 Yes
Gibbs Russell, G.E.; Biegel, H.M. [1381] Botswana K002400640 Yes
Plowes, D.C. [1709] Zimbabwe K002400625 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [1629] Kenya K002400416 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/265] Tanzania K002400432 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [8062] Tanzania K002400482 No
Burtt, B.D. [5548] Tanzania K002400445 Yes
Main-Thompson [1068] Tanzania K002400458 Yes
Ash [654] Ethiopia K:SPC-37462.000 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2814] Botswana K002400630 Yes
Welwitsch [6631] Angola K002400644 Yes
Björnstad, A. [AB 1625] Tanzania K002400469 Yes
Speke (Capt.); Grant [211] Uganda K002400386 Yes
Friis, I.; Gilbert, M.G.; Rasmussen, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [1084] Ethiopia K002400377 Yes
Fanshawe, D.B. [F10791] Zambia K002400593 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1427] Botswana K002400636 Yes
s.coll. [2086] Uganda K002400395 Yes
{Greenway} [3659] Tanzania K002400474 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [6096] Ethiopia K002400379 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/192] Tanzania K002400466 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [212] Sudan K002400354 Yes
{Carter; Abdallah; Newton} [2504] Tanzania K002400477 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V.; Mhoro, B. [5468] Tanzania K002400470 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [2023] Ethiopia K002400368 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [6501] Tanzania K002400468 Yes
Welwitsch, F.M.J. [6590] Angola K002400645 Yes
Garley, D.L. [126] Zimbabwe K002400622 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5367] Tanzania K:SPC-34331.000 No
s.coll. [8333] Zimbabwe K002400587 Yes
Swynnerton, C.F.M. [764] Zimbabwe K002400612 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibuwa; Mungai [2783] Tanzania K002400435 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1690] Ethiopia K002400362 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [4485] Uganda K002400397 Yes
Ash, J. [2216] Ethiopia K002400371 Yes
Norman, E.M. [37] Uganda K002400392 Yes
Chandler, H. [76] Uganda K002400394 Yes
Siegenthales, J.E. [c-59] Ethiopia K002400367 Yes
Quartin-Dillon [s.n.] Ethiopia K000345793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chishala, C.; Smith, P. [69] Zambia K002400609 No
Loveridge, J.P. [922] Zambia K002400590 Yes
Lynes, H. [Cb27] Tanzania K002400455 Yes
Miller, O.B. [5112] Zimbabwe K002400626 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [1185] Zambia K002400603 Yes
Battiscombe, E. [1124] Kenya K002400415 Yes
Miller, O.B. [4189] Zimbabwe K002400620 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8370] Zambia K002400600 Yes
Lovett, J. [3255] Tanzania K002400473 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B. [308] South Sudan K002400351 Yes
Lynes, H. [[V 67]] Tanzania K002400456 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Semon, F.; Jensen, M.; Gashaw, M. [7933] Ethiopia K002400360 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [6918] Kenya K002400419 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/458] Tanzania K002400461 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Hailu, A.; Getachew, E. [11857] Ethiopia K002400356 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6554] Tanzania K002400441 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Pope, G.V.; Radcliffe-Smith, A. [3120] Zambia K002400592 Yes
Hepper, F.N. [1454] Nigeria K:SPC-05580.000 No
Gibbs Russell, G.E. [2399] Botswana K002400638 Yes
Alison; Heath, R. [543] Botswana K002400629 Yes
Ferguson, H.L. [133] Ethiopia K002400364 Yes
Robison, T. [731] Tanzania K002400425 Yes
Lye, K.A. [Ly-5828] Uganda K002400396 Yes
Bingham, M.G. [14184] Zambia K002400602 Yes
Robinson, E.A. [5549] Zambia K002400591 Yes
Haarer, A.E. [2077] Tanzania K002400428 Yes
Van Someren, D. [6348] Kenya K002400410 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/476] Tanzania K002400464 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [12287] Zambia K002400596 Yes
Best, E.B. [593] Zimbabwe K002400619 Yes
Tadesse, M.; Kagnew, G.Y. [1767] Ethiopia K002400361 Yes
[E. Kirrika] [165] Kenya K002400417 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10901] Tanzania K002400478 Yes
Ellis, R.P. [3060] Botswana K002400632 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [9545] Zambia K002400608 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [1482] Zambia K002400588 Yes
Goldsmith, B. [22/61] Zimbabwe K002400613 Yes
Napier, E.R. [96] Kenya K002400422 Yes
Ash, J.W. [654] Ethiopia K002400375 Yes
Geilinger [6] South Africa K002400454 Yes
Bishop, A. [151B] Zimbabwe K002400615 Yes
Mesfin; Sebsebe; Ensermu [3640] Ethiopia K002400374 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Mbago, F.; Vollesen, K.B. [2738] Tanzania K002400434 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [6837] Tanzania K002400440 No
Ash, J. [2229] Ethiopia K002400370 Yes
Carmichael [782] Kenya K002400429 Yes
Gilbert, M.G. [3498] Ethiopia K002400365 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [7884] Zimbabwe K002400618 Yes
Teague, A.J. [209] Zimbabwe K002400611 Yes
Mutimushi, J.M. [709] Zambia K002400589 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V.; Mhoro, B. [5454] Tanzania K002400475 Yes
Richards, H.M. (Mrs) [8107] Zambia K002400599 Yes
Bidgood, G.S.; Leliyo, G.; Vollesen, K.B. [7124] Tanzania K002400439 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V.; Mhoro, B. [5367] Tanzania K002400471 Yes
Kahurananga, J.; Kibuwa; Mungai [2707] Tanzania K002400438 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Savidge, J.; Kanuri, J. [14482] Tanzania K002400457 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Taylor, P.G. [10901] Tanzania K002400479 Yes
Jackson, G. [43] Zambia K002400594 Yes
Snowden, J.D. [416] Uganda K002400389 Yes
Richards, H.M. [8493] Tanzania K002400444 Yes
Hepper, F.N.; Field, D.V. [5454] Tanzania K:SPC-34377.000 No
[O. C. Tallantine] [648] Uganda K002400393 Yes
Verdcourt [2827] Tanzania K002400436 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [1806] Botswana K002400635 Yes
Faden, R.B.; Phillips, S.M.; Muasya, A.M.; Macha, E. [96/163] Tanzania K002400463 Yes
{Carmichael} [215] Tanzania K002400467 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [2003] Tanzania K002400442 Yes
Dümmer, R.A. [1631] Kenya K002400413 Yes
Tweedie [2251] Kenya K002400409 Yes
Carr, E. [846] Kenya K002400421 Yes
Hillier, R.G. [913] Ethiopia K002400376 Yes
Smith, P.A. [1848] Botswana K002400631 Yes
Mavi, S. [1186] Zimbabwe K002400628 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Abebe, W.; Getachew, E. [12328] Ethiopia K002400357 Yes
Bullock, A.A. [3808] Zambia K002400606 Yes
Langdale-Brown, I. [1796] Uganda K002400391 Yes
Myers, J.G. [7877] Sudan K002400355 Yes

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