Chlorophytum inornatum
| Chlorophytum inornatum | |
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| Chlorophytum inornatum, Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Volume 27, 1807, Plate 1071 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Chlorophytum |
| Species: | C. inornatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlorophytum inornatum Ker Gawl. 1807
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Chlorophytum inornatum is a flowering plant species in the genus Chlorophytum. It is the type species of its genus. It is related to the commonly known plant Chlorophytum also referred to as a "spider plant". , a homoisoflavanone with antimycobacterial activity, can be isolated from C. inornatum.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Synthesis of (+/-) homoisoflavanone and corresponding homoisoflavane. Zhang L, Zhang WG, Kang J, Bao K, Dai Y and Yao XS, Journal of Asian natural products research, volume 10, issues 9-10, pages 909-13, PMID 19003606
- ^ Phytochemistry and antimycobacterial activity of Chlorophytum inornatum. Gemma O’Donnell, Franz Bucar and Simon Gibbons, Phytochemistry, January 2006, Volume 67, Issue 2, Pages 178–182, doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.10.023, PMID 16343565
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Categories:
- Agavoideae
- Plants described in 1807
- Asparagaceae stubs