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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[1]
  • Drimia petiolata K.Koch & C.D.Bouché (1861)
  • Drimiopsis minor Baker (1870)
  • Ledebouria petiolata J.C.Manning & Goldblatt (2003 publ. 2004)

Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopards ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ 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