Pollia is a genus of flowering plants in the family 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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Species 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)
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