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
