African Plant Database


Floscopa aquatica Hua
Family : COMMELINACEAE
Protologue : Bull. Mus. Paris, 1: 122 (1895)
Information on the genus : Floscopa
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Floscopa myosotoides Hutch.
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Herb with creeping or floating stems to 20-50 cm long
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Ecology : Floating in standing water or rooted in very wet places; sometimes in formations of several m2; ferrugineous water; rice fields.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
 
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