Cobana

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

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.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ Bot. Not. 127: 107 (1974)
  2. ^ Bot. Not. 127: 107 (1974).
  3. ^ Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 200 (1929)
  4. ^ Contr. Gray Herb. 155: 46 (1945).
  5. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  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 978-0-88192-897-6.