Cobana

Cobana is a genus of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous plants in the family Iridaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains a single species, Cobana guatemalensis, distributed in Honduras and Guatemala.[3][6][7]

Cobana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Tigridieae
Genus: Cobana
Ravenna[1]
Species:
C. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Cobana guatemalensis
(Standl.) Ravenna[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Eleutherine guatemalensis Standl.[4]
  • Calydorea guatemalensis (Standl.) R.C.Foster[5]

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

Bibliography
  • Ravenna P. 1974. Cobana: a new genus of Central American Iridaceae. Bot. Notiser 127. (1): 104–108.


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