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Floscopa scandens
Climbing Flowering Broom
As recorded: Floscopa scandens Lour.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Commelinales › Commelinaceae
- Collected by
- Powell, J.M.
- Collector number
- 1752
- Date
- June 18, 1972
- Locality
- Anderbia area, near Tagari footbridge
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Elevation
- 1,615 m
- Identified by
- (Illegible)
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On June 18, 1972, Powell, J.M. also collected 6 other specimens.
Floscopa scandens observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1972. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 276 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-24.
2026-10-24
New Territories
no rights reserved
2026-10-21
Taiwan, TW
(c) 黃美滿, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-19
香港新界大埔滘
(c) stimes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
(c) poq, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-17
Tai Po Kau, New Territories, HK
(c) humidgreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-10
Tai Po Kau, New Territories, HK
(c) humidgreen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Floscopa scandens. BISH 82762. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956579989. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/82762.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956579989 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026