Floscopa
# 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.

## Species

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