Palisota is a genus of plant in family Commelinaceae, first described in 1828. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Species
- Palisota alopecurus <small>Pellegr.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville
- Palisota ambigua <small>(P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Angola
- Palisota barteri <small>Hook.f.</small> - western + central Africa
- Palisota bicolor <small>Mast.</small> - Bioko
- Palisota bogneri <small>Brenan</small> - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- Palisota brachythyrsa <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
- Palisota bracteosa <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - western + central Africa; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
- Palisota congolana <small>Hua</small> - Congo-Brazzaville
- Palisota flagelliflora <small>Faden</small> - Cameroon
- Palisota gracilior <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon
- Palisota hirsuta <small>(Thunb.) K.Schum.</small> - western + central Africa
- Palisota lagopus <small>Mildbr.</small> - Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea
- Palisota laurentii <small>De Wild.</small> - Zaïre
- Palisota laxiflora <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - São Tomé, Annobon
- Palisota mannii <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania
- Palisota myriantha <small>K.Schum</small> - Luanda region of Angola
- Palisota orientalis <small>K.Schum.</small> - Tanzania
- Palisota pedicellata <small>K.Schum</small> - São Tomé, Annobon
- Palisota preussiana <small>K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke</small> - Bioko, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Palisota pynaertii <small>De Wild.</small> - Zaïre
- Palisota satabiei <small>Brenan</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo-Brazzaville
- Palisota schweinfurthii <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania and south to Zambia
- Palisota tholloni <small>Hua</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
- Palisota thyrsostachya <small>Mildbr.</small> - Zaïre
- Palisota waibelii <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon
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