Floscopa scandens

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

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|image = Floscopa scandens Lour. 1.JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Rehel, S. |date=2011 |title= Floscopa scandens |volume=2011 |page= e.T176990A7346006 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T176990A7346006.en |access-date=July 3, 2025}}

|genus = Floscopa

|species = scandens

|authority = Lour.

|synonyms = {{species list |hidden = yes |Aneilema asperum |Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.

|Aneilema cymosum |(Blume) Kunth

|Aneilema densiflorum |(Blume) Kunth

|Aneilema hispidum |D.Don

|Commelina cymosa |Blume

|Commelina densiflora |Blume

|Commelina hamiltonii |Spreng.

|Commelina hispida |(D.Don) Ham. ex Spreng.

|Dithyrocarpus meyenianus |Kunth

|Dithyrocarpus paniculatus |(Roxb.) Kunth

|Dithyrocarpus petiolatus |Wight

|Dithyrocarpus rothii |Wight

|Dithyrocarpus rufus |(C.Presl) Kunth

|Dithyrocarpus undulatus |Wight

|Floscopa hamiltonii |(Spreng.) Hassk.

|Floscopa meyeniana |(Kunth) Hassk.

|Floscopa paniculata |(Roxb.) Hassk.

|Floscopa petiolata |(Wight) Hassk.

|Floscopa rufa |(C.Presl) Hassk.

|Floscopa scandens var. vaginivillosa |R.H.Miau

|Floscopa undulata |(Wight) Hassk.

|Lamprodithyros paniculatus |(Roxb.) Hassk.

|Tradescantia geniculata |Blanco

|Tradescantia paniculata |Roxb.

|Tradescantia paniculata |B.Heyne ex Roth

|Tradescantia rufa |C.Presl}}

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Floscopa scandens is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:172742-1 |title= Floscopa scandens Lour. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=July 3, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6J9R9 |title= Floscopa scandens Lour. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=July 3, 2025}} It is sometimes referred to by the common name climbing flower cup. It is a subscandent herb native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.

In Western Ghats it is commonly found near streams and marshy localities in the forests of Western Ghats.{{Cite web |url=http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Floscopa%20scandens/647.pdf.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=22 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120746/http://florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ernet.in/hjcb2/img/pdf/Floscopa%20scandens/647.pdf.jpg |url-status=dead }}