Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton is a plant in the Asparagaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton

Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton

Drimiopsis maculata is a flowering type species of genus Drimiopsis ranging from Tanzania to South Africa with isolable homoisoflavanones.

Family
Genus
Drimiopsis
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton

Drimiopsis maculata (scientific name Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton) is a flowering plant species belonging to the genus Drimiopsis, and it is the type species of this genus. It has several common names: little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopard's ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba. Its native range extends from Tanzania to South Africa. Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones can be isolated from this plant species.

Photo: (c) Margaret Burger, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Margaret Burger · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asparagaceae Drimiopsis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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