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Drimiopsis maculata

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Drimiopsis maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Drimiopsis
Species:
D. maculata
Binomial name
Drimiopsis maculata
Lindl. & Paxton Fl. Gard. 2: 73 (1851)
Synonyms

Ledebouria maculata

Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, African hosta, leopard plant, is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus. It occurs from Tanzania to South Africa.

Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones can be isolated from D. maculata.[1]

References

  1. ^ Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones from Drimiopsis maculata (Hyacinthaceae). Koorbanally C, Crouch NR and Mulholland DA, Biochemical systematics and ecology, May 2001, volume 29, issue 5, pages 539-541, PMID 11274776
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