Cobana

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Cobana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Tigridieae
Genus: Cobana
Ravenna [1]
Species:
C. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Cobana guatemalensis
(Standl.) Ravenna [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Eleutherine guatemalensisStandl. [4]
  • Calydorea guatemalensis(Standl.) R.C.Foster [5]

Cobana is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains a single species, Cobana guatemalensis, distributed in Honduras and Guatemala. [3] [6] [7]

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  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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  5. Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 46 (1945).
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