Tacca bibracteata
Tacca bibracteata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Sarawak.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Tacca |
| Species: | T. bibracteata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tacca bibracteata Drenth | |
Description
Tacca bibracteata has 6-7 entire oblong leaves with attenuate bases and acuminate apices, and pinnate nerves.[2] It has four to many filiform bracts, and just two involucral bracts,[2] and it is this characteristic which gives the species epithet, bibracteata.[2] The apparently solitary inflorescence has up to ten flowers which are green and tinged with violet or very dark purple.[2]
References
- "Tacca bibracteata Drenth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- Engbert Drenth (1972). "A revision of the family Taccaceae". Blumea. 20 (2): 395. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q96027961.
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