Pollia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1781. It is widespread through the Old World Tropics: Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, etc. There is also one species endemic to Panama.
Species
- Pollia americana <small>Faden</small> - Panama
- Pollia bracteata <small>K.Schum</small>. - Tanzania
- Pollia condensata <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - much of tropical Africa
- Pollia crispata <small>(R.Br.) Benth.</small> - Queensland, New South Wales
- Pollia gracilis <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - Comoros, Madagascar
- Pollia hasskarlii <small>R.S.Rao</small> - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Java
- Pollia ÃÂ horsfieldii <small>C.B.Clarke -</small> Java (P. secundiflora ÃÂ P. thyrsiflora)
- Pollia japonica <small>Thunb.</small> - China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
- Pollia macrobracteata <small>D.Y.Hong</small> - Guangxi
- Pollia macrophylla <small>(R.Br.) Benth.</small> - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Vietnam
- Pollia mannii <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania + Angola
- Pollia miranda <small>(H.Lév.) H.Hara -</small> China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan
- Pollia papuana <small>Ridl.</small> - New Guinea
- Pollia pentasperma <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - Assam
- Pollia sambiranensis <small>H.Perrier</small> - Madagascar
- Pollia secundiflora <small>(Blume) Bakh.f.</small> - China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia
- Pollia subumbellata <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - southern China, Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia
- Pollia sumatrana <small>Hassk. -</small> Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- Pollia thyrsiflora <small>(Blume) Steud.</small> - southern China, Assam, Southeast Asia
- Pollia verticillata <small>Hallier f.</small> - New Guinea
- Pollia ÃÂ zollingeri <small>(Hassk.) C.B.Clarke</small> - Java (P. hasskarlii ÃÂ P. secundiflora)
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