Cobana

Cobana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Tribe: Tigridieqae
Genus: Cobana
Ravenna[1]
Type species
Cobana guatemalensis
(Standl.) Ravenna[2]
Synonyms
  • Eleutherine guatemalensis Standl.[3]
  • Calydorea guatemalensis (Standl.) R.C.Foster[4]

Cobana is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the Iris family (Iridaceae). A monotypic genus, it contains a single species, Cobana guatemalensis, distributed in Honduras and Guatemala. [5][6]

References

  1. ^ Bot. Not. 127: 107 (1974).
  2. ^ Bot. Not. 127: 107 (1974)
  3. ^ Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 200 (1929)
  4. ^ Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 46 (1945).
  5. ^ Royal Horticultural Society, Kew. A detailed checklist for family Iridaceae.
  6. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 237–38. ISBN 0-88192-897-6. 

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