Floscopa
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.
; SpeciesFloscopa africana C.B.Clarke - from Liberia east to UgandaFloscopa aquatica Hua - from Sierra Leone + Mali east to GabonFloscopa axillaris C.B.Clarke - West Africa from Senegal to BeninFloscopa confusa Brenan - from Ivory Coast to TanzaniaFloscopa elegans Huber - Ecuador, Peru, northwestern BrazilFloscopa flavida C.B.Clarke - from Senegal to Tanzania and south to BotswanaFloscopa glabrata Hassk. - Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica; naturalized in VietnamFloscopa glomerata Hassk. - most of sub-Saharan Africa; MadagascarFloscopa gossweileri Cavaco - AngolaFloscopa leiothyrsa Brenan - Mali, Chad, Zaïre, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana Floscopa mannii C.B.Clarke - from Nigeria to ZaïreFloscopa perforans Rusby - BoliviaFloscopa peruviana Hassk. ex C.B.Clarke - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guinea Floscopa polypleura Brenan - Ghana, Tanzania, ZambiaFloscopa rivularioides T.C.E.Fr. - ZimbabweFloscopa robusta C.B.Clarke - Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Central AmericaFloscopa scandens Lour. - China, Indian Subcontinent, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia, Philippines, QueenslandFloscopa schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - TanzaniaFloscopa tanneri Brenan - Zaïre, TanzaniaFloscopa yunnanensis D.Y.Hong - Yunnan Province in China