Drimiopsis maculata
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| Drimiopsis maculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Drimiopsis |
| Species: | D. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton Fl. Gard. 2: 73 (1851)
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Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopards ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus. It occurs from Tanzania to South Africa.
Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones can be isolated from D. maculata.[2]
References
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- ^ Drimiopsis maculata Lindl. & Paxton. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ Scillascillin-type homoisoflavanones from Drimiopsis maculata (Hyacinthaceae). Koorbanally C, Crouch NR and Mulholland DA, Biochemical systematics and ecology, May 2001, volume 29, issue 5, pages 539-541, PMID 11274776