Nanuza plicata

Nanuza plicata
Nanuza plicata[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Velloziaceae
Genus:	Nanuza
Species:	N. plicata
Binomial name
Nanuza plicata (Mart.) L.B. Sm. & Ayensu
Synonyms[2][3]
Vellozia plicata Mart. Xerophyta plicata (Mart.) Spreng. Vellozia triquetra Pohl Xerophyta triquetra (Pohl) Baker

Nanuza plicata is a plant species in the family Velloziaceae, endemic to Brazil.^[1][2][4]

Nanuza plicata contains amentoflavone^[5] and xerophytolic acid.^[6]

References

1. 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.
2. Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.
3. The Plant List, Nanuza plicata
4. 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: 16 description in Latin, using basionym Vellozia plicata Mart.
5. Biflavonoids in the primitive monocots Isophysis tasmanica and Xerophyta plicata. Christine A. Williams, Jeffrey B. Harborne and Francisco A. Tomas-Barberan, Phytochemistry, 1987, Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages 2553–2555, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83875-3
6. 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, doi:10.1080/00387010009350146