Pollia

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Commelineae
Genus: Pollia
Species: P. americana – P. bracteata – P. condensata – P. crispata – P. gracilis – P. hasskarlii – P. japonica – P. macrobracteata – P. mannii – P. miranda – P. papuana – P. pentasperma – P. sambiranensis – P. secundiflora – P. subumbellata – P. sumatrana – P. thyrsiflora – P. verticillata

Nothospecies: P. × horsfieldii – P. × zollingeri
Name

Pollia Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 11 (1781)

Type species: Pollia japonica Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 1: 12 (1781)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aclisia E.Mey. ex C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 137 (1828)
Lamprocarpus Blume in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. 7: 1615 (1830)

References

Thunberg, C.P. 1781. Nova Genera Plantarum 1: 11.
Pollia in Flora of China @ efloras.org Chinese species only
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Pollia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Pollia. Published online. Accessed: Aug 30 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Pollia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 30.

Vernacular names
日本語: ヤブミョウガ属
中文: 杜若属

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]

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)

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families