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Floscopa aquatica

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Paratype of Floscopa myosotoides Hutchinson [family COMMELINACEAE]

Filed as Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE]

Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE]

Type of Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE]

Syntype of Floscopa myosotoides Hutchinson [family COMMELINACEAE]

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Name

Identification

Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Eimunjeze, V.E., 1969

Flora

Entry for Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Flora of West Tropical Africa

Reference Sources

Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,

Floscopa aquatica Hua [family COMMELINACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 122 (1895); Brenan in Kew Bull. 15: 228 (1961); J. K. Morton in J. Linn. Soc. 60: 201 (1967).

Floscopa myosotoides Hutch. [family COMMELINACEAE], , F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 311 (1936), and in Kew Bull1939: 241; Brenan in Kew Bull7: 457 (1952).

Herb with creeping or floating stems 21/2-16 in. long, rooting freely from the nodes; leaves ovate to lanceolate, mostly 2-5 cm. long, thin, often wavy-margined, not or scarcely narrowed at base; sheaths short, glabrous; flowers whitish to lilac or blue, in rather small inflorescences;often floating in river and rice-fields, sometimes creeping in swamps.

often floating in river and rice-fields, sometimes creeping in swamps.

Sen.: Santiaba, Oussouye (Nov.) Berhaut 6503!Port. G.: Nova Lamego, Cabuca (Dec.) Pereira 2452!Guin.: Rio Nuncz Heudelot 668! Friguiagbé (Sept.) Chillou 1064!S. L.: Masactaba (Oct.)Lib.: Monrovia (Nov.) Linder 1412!Iv. C.: Mossou (Aug.)S. Nig.: Sapoba, Jamieson R. (Feb.) Onochie FHI 31943! Richards 3928! Ologbo, Ossiomo R. (Feb.) Stanfield 158!

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