Pollia (plant)
Pollia | |
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Flower and young fruit of Pollia japonica | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae
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(unranked): | Angiosperms
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(unranked): | Monocots
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Genus: | Pollia Thunb. 1781
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Pollia is a genus of flowering plants in the Commelinaceae, first described in 1781. It is widespread through the Old World Tropics: Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, etc. There is also one species endemic to Panama.[1]
- Species[1]
- Faden - Panama
- K.Schum. - Tanzania
- Pollia condensata C.B.Clarke - much of tropical Africa
- Pollia crispata (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New South Wales
- C.B.Clarke - Comoros, Madagascar
- R.S.Rao - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Java
- C.B.Clarke - Java (P. secundiflora × P. thyrsiflora)
- Pollia japonica Thunb. - China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
- D.Y.Hong - Guangxi
- Pollia macrophylla (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Vietnam
- C.B.Clarke - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania + Angola
- (H.Lév.) H.Hara - China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan
- Ridl. - New Guinea
- C.B.Clarke - Assam
- H.Perrier - Madagascar
- (Blume) Bakh.f. - China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia
- C.B.Clarke - southern China, Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia
- Hassk. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
- (Blume) Steud. - southern China, Assam, Southeast Asia
- Hallier f. - New Guinea
- (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke - Java (P. hasskarlii × P. secundiflora)
References[]
Categories:
- Commelinaceae
- Commelinales genera
- Commelinales stubs