Biology:Tacca bibracteata

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Short description: Species of plant

Tacca bibracteata
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species:
T. bibracteata
Binomial name
Tacca bibracteata
Drenth

Tacca bibracteata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Sarawak.[1]

It was first described by Engbert Drenth in 1908.[1][2]

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9353983 entry