Climbing Flower Cup
Floscopa scandens Lour.
Floscopa scandens is a subscandent herb in the Commelinaceae family, commonly known as climbing flower cup. It is native to regions including the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.
Description
Floscopa scandens is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is known as climbing flower cup and is a subscandent herb. The plant is native to a wide range of regions including the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. It was first described in 1790 by Lour.
Other common names
Climbing Flower Cup
Distribution
Australasian · Oriental (Indomalaya) · Palaearctic · TW · Global · Andaman Is. · Assam · Bangladesh · Borneo · Cambodia · China South-Central · China Southeast · East Himalaya · Hainan · India · Jawa · Laos · Malaya · Myanmar · Nepal · Nicobar Is. · Philippines · Queensland · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Thailand · Tibet · Vietnam
Synonyms
Aneilema asperumAneilema cymosumAneilema densiflorumAneilema hispidumCommelina cymosaCommelina densifloraCommelina hamiltoniiCommelina hispidaDithyrocarpus meyenianusDithyrocarpus paniculatusDithyrocarpus petiolatusDithyrocarpus rothiiDithyrocarpus rufusDithyrocarpus undulatusFloscopa hamiltoniiFloscopa meyenianaFloscopa paniculataFloscopa petiolataFloscopa rufaFloscopa scandens var. vaginivillosaFloscopa undulataLamprodithyros paniculatusTradescantia geniculataTradescantia paniculataTradescantia rufa