Eucomis montana

Eucomis montana
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Scilloideae
Genus:Eucomis
Species: E. montana
Binomial name
Eucomis montana
Compton

Eucomis montana is a plant species in the in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, found in South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces) and Swaziland.[1] The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[2]

The homoisoflavanone 5,6-dimethoxy-7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-4-chromanone can be found in the bulbs of E. montana.[3]

References

  1. "Eucomis montana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  2. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  3. 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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