Floscopa is a genus of plants in the family Commelinaceae first described in 1790. It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas: Africa, Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, China, Queensland, Central + South America.
Species
- Floscopa africana <small>(P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke</small> - from Liberia east to Uganda
- Floscopa aquatica <small>Hua</small> - from Sierra Leone + Mali east to Gabon
- Floscopa axillaris <small>(Poir.) C.B.Clarke</small> - West Africa from Senegal to Benin
- Floscopa confusa <small>Brenan</small> - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania
- Floscopa elegans <small>Huber</small> - Ecuador, Peru, northwestern Brazil
- Floscopa flavida <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - from Senegal to Tanzania and south to Botswana
- Floscopa glabrata <small>(Kunth) Hassk.</small> - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica; naturalized in Vietnam
- Floscopa glomerata <small>(Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk.</small> - most of sub-Saharan Africa; Madagascar
- Floscopa gossweileri <small>Cavaco</small> - Angola
- Floscopa leiothyrsa <small>Brenan</small> - Mali, Chad, Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana
- Floscopa mannii <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - from Nigeria to Zaïre
- Floscopa perforans <small>Rusby</small> - Bolivia
- Floscopa peruviana <small>Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke</small> - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guinea
- Floscopa polypleura <small>Brenan</small> - Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia
- Floscopa rivularioides <small>T.C.E.Fr.</small> - Zimbabwe
- Floscopa robusta <small>(Seub.) C.B.Clarke</small> - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Central America
- Floscopa scandens <small>Lour.</small> - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia, Philippines, Queensland
- Floscopa schweinfurthii <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - Tanzania
- Floscopa tanneri <small>Brenan</small> - Zaïre, Tanzania
- Floscopa yunnanensis <small>D.Y.Hong</small> - Yunnan Province in China
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