''Nanuza plicata'' is a plant species in the family
Velloziaceae
Velloziaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants. The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Pandanales.
Relationships and evolution
By contrast to oth ...
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endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
[Martius, Carl Friedrich Philipp von. 1823. Nova genera et species plantarum :quas in itinere per Brasiliam MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I., Bavariae regis augustissimi instituto 1: plate 9]
color illustration, using basionym ''Vellozia plicata'' Mart.[Tropicos, ''Vellozia plicata'' Mart.]
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''Nanuza plicata'' contains amentoflavone
Amentoflavone is a biflavonoid (''bis''-apigenin coupled at 8 and 3' positions, or 3′,8′′-biapigenin) constituent of a number of plants including ''Ginkgo biloba'', ''Chamaecyparis obtusa'' (hinoki), '' Hypericum perforatum'' (St ...
and xerophytolic acid.[Isolation and Structural Determination of Xerophytolic Acid, a Novel 3-Geranyl-4-Hydroxybenzoate Derivative from ''Xerophyta Plicata''. Carlos A. S. Riehl, Angelo C. Pinto, Carlos R. Kaiser, J. Daniel Figueroa-Villar and Elizabete R. Cruz, Spectroscopy Letters: An International Journal for Rapid Communication, 2000, Volume 33, Issue 5, pages 643-651, ]
References
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Velloziaceae
Endemic flora of Brazil
Plants described in 1823
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