Palisota

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Palisoteae
Genus: Palisota
Species: P. akouangoui – P. albertii – P. alboanthera – P. alopecurus – P. ambigua – P. barteri – P. bogneri – P. brachythyrsa – P. bracteosa – P. cristalensis – P. ebo – P. elizabethiae – P. fadenii – P. flagelliflora – P. gracilior – P. hirsuta – P. lagopus – P. laurentii – P. laxiflora – P. leewhitei – P. mannii – P. myriantha – P. orientalis – P. pedicellata – P. plicata – P. preussiana – P. pynaertii – P. repens – P. satabiei – P. schweinfurthii – P. stevartii – P. thollonii
Name

Palisota Rchb. ex Endl., Gen. Pl. 125. (1836) nom. cons. emend. Bidault & van der Burg (2019}

Type species: Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 131. (1881)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Duchekia Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 213 (1831)

Homonyms

Palisota Rchb. Consp. Regn. Veg. 59. (1828) nomen

References

Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1836. Genera Plantarum 125.

Additional references

Bidault, E. & van der Burg, W.J. 2019. Novitates Gabonenses 90: Palisota (Commelinaceae) revisited: description of eight new species from Central Africa and notes on the identity of P. satabiei and P. bogneri. Candollea 74(2): 169-202. DOI: 10.15553/c2019v742a7 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Palisota in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Aug 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Palisota. Published online. Accessed: Aug 29 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Palisota. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29.

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

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.