Tacca bibracteata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Sarawak.[1]

Tacca bibracteata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species:
T. bibracteata
Binomial name
Tacca bibracteata

It was first described by Engbert Drenth in 1908.[1][2]

Description

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Tacca bibracteata has 6-7 entire oblong leaves with attenuate bases and acuminate apices, and pinnate nerves.[2] It has four to many filiform bracts, and just two involucral bracts,[2] and it is this characteristic which gives the species epithet, bibracteata.[2] The apparently solitary inflorescence has up to ten flowers which are green and tinged with violet or very dark purple.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tacca bibracteata Drenth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ a b c d e Engbert Drenth (1972). "A revision of the family Taccaceae". Blumea. 20 (2): 395. ISSN 0006-5196. Wikidata Q96027961.
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