Albuca fastigiata is a plant species in the genus Albuca native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa,[1] where it is used in ethnomedicine.[2]
Albuca fastigiata | |
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Illustration by Sydenham Edwards | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
Genus: | Albuca |
Species: | A. fastigiata
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Binomial name | |
Albuca fastigiata |
A homoisoflavanone can be found in A. fastigiata.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Albuca fastigiata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ a b A novel 3-hydroxy-3-benzyl-4-chromanone-type homoisoflavonoid from Albuca fastigiata (Ornithogaloideae: Hyacinthaceae). Koorbanally, Mulholland and Crouch, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, May 2005, volume 33, issue 5, pages 545–549, doi:10.1016/j.bse.2004.08.009