What is "palisota"

Palisota is a genus of plant in family Commelinaceae, first described in 1828. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa.

1. Palisota alopecurus Pellegr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville
2. Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Angola
3. Palisota barteri Hook.f. - western + central Africa
4. Palisota bicolor Mast. - Bioko
5. Palisota bogneri Brenan - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
6. Palisota brachythyrsa Mildbr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
7. Palisota bracteosa C.B.Clarke - western + central Africa; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago
8. Palisota congolana Hua - Congo-Brazzaville
9. Palisota flagelliflora Faden - Cameroon
10. Palisota gracilior Mildbr. - Cameroon
11. Palisota hirsuta (Thunb.) K.Schum. - western + central Africa
12. Palisota lagopus Mildbr. - Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea
13. Palisota laurentii De Wild. - Zaïre
14. Palisota laxiflora C.B.Clarke - São Tomé, Annobon
15. Palisota mannii C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania
16. Palisota myriantha K.Schum - Luanda region of Angola
17. Palisota orientalis K.Schum. - Tanzania
18. Palisota pedicellata K.Schum - São Tomé, Annobon
19. Palisota preussiana K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke - Bioko, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
20. Palisota pynaertii De Wild. - Zaïre
21. Palisota satabiei Brenan - Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo-Brazzaville
22. Palisota schweinfurthii C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Tanzania and south to Zambia
23. Palisota tholloni Hua - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre
24. Palisota thyrsostachya Mildbr. - Zaïre
25. Palisota waibelii Mildbr. - Cameroon