Tacca bibracteata

Tacca bibracteata
Scientific classification
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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Tacca bibracteata Drenth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Engbert Drenth (1972). "A revision of the family Taccaceae". Blumea. 20 (2): 395. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q96027961.

External links

Tacca bibracteata images & occurrence data from GBIF

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[powo-1] "Tacca bibracteata Drenth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-25.

[drenth-2] Engbert Drenth (1972). "A revision of the family Taccaceae". Blumea. 20 (2): 395. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q96027961.

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