''Tacca bibracteata'' is a plant in the
Dioscoreaceae family, native to
Sarawak
Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...
.
It was first described by
Engbert Drenth in 1908.
Description
''Tacca bibracteata'' has 6-7 entire oblong leaves with attenuate bases and acuminate apices, and pinnate nerves.
It has four to many filiform bracts, and just two involucral bracts,
[ and it is this characteristic which gives the species epithet, ''bibracteata''.]
References
External links
''Tacca bibracteata'' images & occurrence data
from GBIF
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Plants described in 1908
Dioscoreaceae