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Tacca Plantaginea
The genus ''Tacca'', which includes the batflowers and arrowroot, consists of flowering plants in the order Dioscoreales, native to tropical regions of South America, Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and various Oceanic islands. In older texts, the genus was treated in its own family Taccaceae, but the 2003 APG II system incorporates it into the family Dioscoreaceae. The APG III and APG IV systems continue to include ''Tacca'' in Dioscoreaceae. Description Many ''Tacca'' species have nearly black flowers, with conspicuous involucral bracts and bracteoles like whiskers. Engbert Drenth hypothesized that species of this genus attracted "carrion and dung flies" for pollination and that the fleshy seam of the seed might be attractive to ants and hence that ants might aid in seed dispersal. Taxonomy Earlier classifications placed the genus within the monogeneric family Taccaceae, which in turn was the sole family in the order Taccales. Dahlgren recognised the similarities to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Integrifolia
''Tacca integrifolia'', also known as the white batflower or the black lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical rainforests in hilly regions of South Asia, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and eastern China. Habitat It grows in the Understory, understorey of humid primary and secondary rainforests. The Substrate (biology), substrates it grows in are rocky soil and sandy soil underneath leaf litter. Description ''Tacca integrifolia'' is a herb growing from a thick, cylindrical rhizome as long as and a diameter of . Its oblong-elliptical or lanceolate leaf blades are borne on long stems, some including the petioles, with tapering bases and slender pointed tips. White batflowers that grow in hilly areas are larger in size than batflowers that grow elsewhere. Umbels The flower Scape (botany), scape is about long and is topped with a pair of Bract#Involucral bracts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Bibracteata
''Tacca bibracteata'' is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Sarawak. It was first described by Engbert Drenth in 1908. Description ''Tacca bibracteata'' has 6-7 entire oblong leaves with attenuate bases and acuminate apices, and pinnate nerves. It has four to many filiform bracts, and just two involucral bracts, and it is this characteristic which gives the species epithet, ''bibracteata''. The apparently solitary inflorescence has up to ten flowers which are green and tinged with violet or very dark purple. References External links ''Tacca bibracteata'' images & occurrence datafrom GBIF The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ... Plants described in 1908 Dioscoreaceae {{dioscoreales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synonym (taxonomy)
In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The Botanical nomenclature, botanical and Zoological nomenclature, zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently. * In nomenclature, botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a Binomial nomenclature, scientific name that applies to a taxon that now goes by a different scientific name. For example, Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently used system of scientific nomenclature) to the Norway spruce, which he called ''Pinus abies''. This name is no longer in use, so it is now a synonym of the current scientific name, ''Picea abies''. * In zoology, moving a species from one genus to another results in a different Binomial nomenclature, binomen, but the name is considered an alternative combination rather than a synonym. The concept of synonymy in zoology is reserved f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Subflabellata
The genus ''Tacca'', which includes the batflowers and arrowroot, consists of flowering plants in the order Dioscoreales, native to tropical regions of South America, Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, and various Oceanic islands. In older texts, the genus was treated in its own family Taccaceae, but the 2003 APG II system incorporates it into the family Dioscoreaceae. The APG III and APG IV systems continue to include ''Tacca'' in Dioscoreaceae. Description Many ''Tacca'' species have nearly black flowers, with conspicuous involucral bracts and bracteoles like whiskers. Engbert Drenth hypothesized that species of this genus attracted "carrion and dung flies" for pollination and that the fleshy seam of the seed might be attractive to ants and hence that ants might aid in seed dispersal. Taxonomy Earlier classifications placed the genus within the monogeneric family Taccaceae, which in turn was the sole family in the order Taccales. Dahlgren recognised the similarities to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Palmata
''Tacca palmata'' is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Borneo, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Blume in 1827. References External links''Tacca palmata'' images & occurrence datafrom the GBIF The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ... {{taxonbar, from=Q4140134 Tacca palmata Flora of tropical Asia Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume Plants described in 1827 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Maculata
''Tacca maculata'' is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Fiji and Samoa It was first described by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1866. Description ''Tacca maculata'' has few leaves on petioles up to 1.9 m long, and (usually greater than 1 m long). The leaf lamina start trisected but then become irregularly dissected. The scape of the inflorescence is up to 2 m long. There are three or four involucral bracts and they are lanceolate to ovate. There are 20 to 40 flowers on pedicels which are up to 5 cm long. The sepals and petals are similar, and green on the outside, maroon on the inside. The style is about 2 mm long and has three glandular patches at the base. The fruit is rounded and topped with a persistent perianth. Habitat ''T. maculata'' usually grows in well-drained lateritic soils. References External links''Tacca maculata'' occurrence datafrom the Australasian Virtual Herbarium The ''Australasian Virtual He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Leontopetaloides
''Tacca leontopetaloides'' is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the islands of Southeast Asia. Austronesian peoples introduced it as a canoe plant throughout the Indo-Pacific tropics during prehistoric times. It has become naturalized to tropical Africa, South Asia, northern Australia, and Oceania. Common names include Polynesian arrowroot, Fiji arrowroot, East Indies arrowroot, pia, and seashore bat lily. History of cultivation Polynesian arrowroot is an ancient Austronesian root crop closely related to yams. It is originally native to Island Southeast Asia. It was introduced throughout the entire range of the Austronesian expansion during prehistoric times ( 5,000 BP), including Micronesia, Polynesia, and Madagascar. Polynesian arrowroot have been identified as among the cultivated crops in Lapita sites in Palau, dating back to 3,000 to 2,000 BP. It was also introduced to Sri Lanka, southern India, and possibly also Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacca Ebeltajae
''Tacca ebeltajae'' is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It was first described by Engbert Drenth in 1973. References External links''Tacca ebeltajae'' images & occurrence datafrom the GBIF The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the ... {{taxonbar, from=Q9353984 Tacca ebeltajae Flora of New Guinea Plants described in 1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |