Nanuza plicata

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Nanuza plicata
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Nanuza plicata [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Velloziaceae
Genus: Nanuza
Species:
N. plicata
Binomial name
Nanuza plicata
(Mart.) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Vellozia plicataMart.
  • Xerophyta plicata(Mart.) Spreng.
  • Vellozia triquetraPohl
  • Xerophyta triquetra(Pohl) Baker

Nanuza plicata is a plant species in the family Velloziaceae, endemic to Brazil. [1] [2] [4]

Nanuza plicata contains amentoflavone [5] and xerophytolic acid. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9 color illustration, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
  3. The Plant List, Nanuza plicata
  4. Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: 16 description in Latin, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
  5. Biflavonoids in the primitive monocots Isophysis tasmanica and Xerophytaplicata. Christine A. Williams, Jeffrey B. Harborne and Francisco A. Tomas-Barberan, Phytochemistry, 1987, Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages 2553–2555, doi : 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83875-3
  6. Isolation and Structural Determination of Xerophytolic Acid, a Novel 3-Geranyl-4-Hydroxybenzoate Derivative from Xerophyta Plicata. Carlos A. S. Riehl, Angelo C. Pinto, Carlos R. Kaiser, J. Daniel Figueroa-Villar and Elizabete R. Cruz, Spectroscopy Letters: An International Journal for Rapid Communication, 2000, Volume 33, Issue 5, pages 643-651, doi : 10.1080/00387010009350146