Pollia (plant)

Pollia
Flower and young fruit of Pollia japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Pollia Thunb. 1781
Synonyms[1]
Aclisia E.Mey. ex C.Presl Lamprocarpus Blume

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)

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