Eucomis montana

Eucomis montana
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

  1. "Eucomis montana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  2. 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

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