Eucomis montana
| Eucomis montana | |
|---|---|
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| Flowers | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Tribe: | Hyacintheae |
| Subtribe: | Massoniinae |
| Genus: | Eucomis |
| Species: | E. montana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucomis montana Compton | |
Eucomis montana is a plant species in the genus Eucomis found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces) and Swaziland.[1]
The homoisoflavanone 5,6-dimethoxy-7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone can be found in the bulbs of E. montana.[2]
References
- ↑ "Eucomis montana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ↑ Coincident isolation of a novel homoisoflavonoid from Resnova humifusa and Eucomis montana (Hyacinthoideae: Hyacinthaceae). Neil A. Koorbanally, Neil R. Crouch, Avinash Harilal, Bavani Pillay, Bavani Pillay and Dulcie A. Mulholland, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, January 2006, 34(2):114-118. doi:10.1016/j.bse.2005.08.003
External links
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