Floscopa glomerata(Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hassk.

WFO wfo-0000425022 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2019-03-18 / obs. 34433247
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 34433262
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24295644
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project
fig. d National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163486679
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. e Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44541149
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. f Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44541179
Floscopa glomerata, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 24295425

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Native range 34 botanical countries

Regions where Floscopa glomerata is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaBurundiCameroonCape ProvincesCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoEquatorial GuineaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMaliNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambia
Native distribution of Floscopa glomerata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Provinces CPP
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aneilema rivulare A.Rich.
  • Dithyrocarpus capensis Kunth
  • Dithyrocarpus glomeratus (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Kunth
  • Floscopa capensis (Kunth) Hassk.
  • Floscopa lelyi Hutch.
  • Floscopa pauciflora C.B.Clarke
  • Floscopa rivularis (A.Rich.) C.B.Clarke
  • Floscopa rivularis var. argosperma C.B.Clarke
  • Lamprodithyros rivularis (A.Rich.) Hassk.
  • Tradescantia glomerata Willd. ex Schult.f.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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