Nanuza plicata is a plant species in the family Velloziaceae, endemic to Brazil.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.Tropicos, Vellozia plicata Mart.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.
Nanuza plicata contains amentoflavoneBiflavonoids 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, and xerophytolic acid.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,
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