Palisota

Palisota is a genus of plant in family Commelinaceae, first described in 1828. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]

Species[1]

• Palisota alopecurus Pellegr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville
• Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Angola
• Palisota barteri Hook.f. - western + central Africa
• Palisota bicolor Mast. - Bioko
• Palisota bogneri Brenan - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
• Palisota brachythyrsa Mildbr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
• Palisota bracteosa C.B.Clarke - western + central Africa; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
• Palisota congolana Hua - Congo-Brazzaville
• Palisota flagelliflora Faden - Cameroon
• Palisota gracilior Mildbr. - Cameroon
• Palisota hirsuta (Thunb.) K.Schum. - western + central Africa
• Palisota lagopus Mildbr. - Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea
• Palisota laurentii De Wild. - Zaïre
• Palisota laxiflora C.B.Clarke - São Tomé, Annobon
• Palisota mannii C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania
• Palisota myriantha K.Schum - Luanda region of Angola
• Palisota orientalis K.Schum. - Tanzania
• Palisota pedicellata K.Schum - São Tomé, Annobon
• Palisota preussiana K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke - Bioko, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
• Palisota pynaertii De Wild. - Zaïre
• Palisota satabiei Brenan - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo-Brazzaville
• Palisota schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania and south to Zambia
• Palisota tholloni Hua - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
• Palisota thyrsostachya Mildbr. - Zaïre
• Palisota waibelii Mildbr. - Cameroon

Palisota
Palisota barteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Tradescantieae
Subtribe:	Palisotineae
Genus:	Palisota Rchb. ex Endl.
Synonyms[1]
Duchekia Kostel.