{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Palisota barteri.JPG |image_caption = ''Palisota barteri'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Palisota |authority = Rchb. ex Endl. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=e/> |synonyms = * ''Duchekia'' <small>Kostel.</small> }}
'''''Palisota''''' is a genus of plant in family Commelinaceae, first described in 1828. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.<ref name=e>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=257290 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.</ref>
; Species<ref name=e/> * ''Palisota alopecurus'' <small>Pellegr.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville * ''Palisota ambigua'' <small>(P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Angola * ''Palisota barteri'' <small>Hook.f.</small> - western + central Africa * ''Palisota bicolor'' <small>Mast.</small> - Bioko * ''Palisota bogneri'' <small>Brenan</small> - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea * ''Palisota brachythyrsa'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre * ''Palisota bracteosa'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - western + central Africa; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago * ''Palisota congolana'' <small>Hua</small> - Congo-Brazzaville * ''Palisota flagelliflora'' <small>Faden</small> - Cameroon * ''Palisota gracilior'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon * ''Palisota hirsuta'' <small>(Thunb.) K.Schum.</small> - western + central Africa * ''Palisota lagopus'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea * ''Palisota laurentii'' <small>De Wild.</small> - Zaïre * ''Palisota laxiflora'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - São Tomé, Annobon * ''Palisota mannii'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania * ''Palisota myriantha'' <small>K.Schum</small> - Luanda region of Angola * ''Palisota orientalis'' <small>K.Schum.</small> - Tanzania * ''Palisota pedicellata'' <small>K.Schum</small> - São Tomé, Annobon * ''Palisota preussiana'' <small>K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke</small> - Bioko, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville * ''Palisota pynaertii'' <small>De Wild.</small> - Zaïre * ''Palisota satabiei'' <small>Brenan</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo-Brazzaville * ''Palisota schweinfurthii'' <small>C.B.Clarke</small> - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania and south to Zambia * ''Palisota tholloni'' <small>Hua</small> - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre * ''Palisota thyrsostachya'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - Zaïre * ''Palisota waibelii'' <small>Mildbr.</small> - Cameroon
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Category:Palisota Category:Commelinaceae genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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