Palisota is a genus of plant in family Commelinaceae, first described in 1828. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Species 1. \n* Palisota alopecurus Pellegr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville 2. \n* Palisota ambigua (P.Beauv.) C.B.Clarke - central Africa from Nigeria to Angola 3. \n* Palisota barteri Hook.f. - western + central Africa 4. \n* Palisota bicolor Mast. - Bioko 5. \n* Palisota bogneri Brenan - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea 6. \n* Palisota brachythyrsa Mildbr. - Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre 7. \n* Palisota bracteosa C.B.Clarke - western + central Africa; naturalized in Trinidad & Tobago 8. \n* Palisota congolana Hua - Congo-Brazzaville 9. \n* Palisota flagelliflora Faden - Cameroon 10. \n* Palisota gracil