Pollia (plant)

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]
  • Pollia americana Faden - Panama
  • Pollia bracteata K.Schum. - Tanzania
  • Pollia condensata C.B.Clarke - much of tropical Africa
  • Pollia crispata (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New South Wales
  • Pollia gracilis C.B.Clarke - Comoros, Madagascar
  • Pollia hasskarlii R.S.Rao - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Java
  • Pollia × horsfieldii C.B.Clarke - Java (P. secundiflora × P. thyrsiflora)
  • Pollia japonica Thunb. - China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • Pollia macrobracteata D.Y.Hong - Guangxi
  • Pollia macrophylla (R.Br.) Benth. - Queensland, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Vietnam
  • Pollia mannii C.B.Clarke - from Ivory Coast to Tanzania + Angola
  • Pollia miranda (H.Lév.) H.Hara - China, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan
  • Pollia papuana Ridl. - New Guinea
  • Pollia pentasperma C.B.Clarke - Assam
  • Pollia sambiranensis H.Perrier - Madagascar
  • Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f. - China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, New Caledonia
  • Pollia subumbellata C.B.Clarke - southern China, Himalayas, Peninsular Malaysia
  • Pollia sumatrana Hassk. - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines
  • Pollia thyrsiflora (Blume) Steud. - southern China, Assam, Southeast Asia
  • Pollia verticillata Hallier f. - New Guinea
  • Pollia × zollingeri (Hassk.) C.B.Clarke - Java (P. hasskarlii × P. secundiflora)

Pollia
Flower and young fruit of Pollia japonica
Scientific classification
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Pollia

Thunb. 1781
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