Tacca maculata is a plant in the Dioscoreaceae family, native to Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Fiji and Samoa[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Tacca |
| Species: | T. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tacca maculata | |
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It was first described by Berthold Carl Seemann in 1866.[2][3]
Description
editTacca maculata has few leaves on petioles up to 1.9 m long, and (usually greater than 1 m long).[4] The leaf lamina start trisected but then become irregularly dissected. The scape of the inflorescence is up to 2 m long.[4] There are three or four involucral bracts and they are lanceolate to ovate.[4] There are 20 to 40 flowers on pedicels which are up to 5 cm long.[4] The sepals and petals are similar, and green on the outside, maroon on the inside.[4] The style is about 2 mm long and has three glandular patches at the base.[4] The fruit is rounded and topped with a persistent perianth.
Habitat
editT. maculata usually grows in well-drained lateritic soils.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tacca maculata Seem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Tacca maculata". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Seemann, B.C. (1866). Flora Vitiensis. Vol. 3. p. 103.
- ^ a b c d e f g H.J.Hewson (2020), "Tacca maculata", Flora of Australia, Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, retrieved 23 July 2021