Pollia (plant)

Pollia
Flower and young fruit of Pollia japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Genus:	Pollia Thunb. 1781
Synonyms[1]
Aclisia E.Mey. ex C.Presl Lamprocarpus Blume

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]

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

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families