Commelinaceae
Floscopa
Floscopa africana

Floscopa africana subsp. africana

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 seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
  • 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. (eds.) (2020). Flore du Gabon 55: 1-137. Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Brunel, J.F., Hiepo, P. & Scholz, H. (eds.) (1984). Flore Analytique du Togo Phanérogames: 1-751. GTZ, Eschborn.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Masharabu, T., Bigendako, M.J., Lejoly, J., Nkengurutse, J., Noret, N., Bizuru, E. & Bogaert, J. (2010). Etude analytique de la flore et de la végétation du Parc National de la Ruvubu, Burundi. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences 4: 834-856.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11518] Cameroon K000199776 Yes
Aug 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4270] Cameroon K000108827 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Onana, J.-M. [549] Cameroon K000108333 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Sidwell, K. [340] Cameroon K000108329 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Cheek, M. [9298] Cameroon K000108330 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Ghogue, J.-P. [453] Cameroon K000108328 Yes
Jul 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4659] Cameroon K000108326 Yes
Jan 1, 1967 Mann, G. [1022] Gabon K000345790 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [E2284] Uganda K002400381 No
Maitland, T.D. [1199] Uganda K002400382 Yes
Sokpon, N.; Agbani, P.; Yédomonhan, H. [457] Benin K001562072 Yes
Jordan, H.D. [1075] Sierra Leone K:SPC-29507.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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