Type of Flowers
Tacca: The genus Tacca, which includes the Bat flowers in addition to Arrowroot, consists of 10 species of flowering plants inwards the guild Dioscoreales, native to tropical regions of Africa, Australia, in addition to south-eastern Asia. In older texts, the genus was treated inwards its ain menage unit of measurement Taccaceae, but the 2003 APG II organization incorporates it into the menage unit of measurement Dioscoreaceae.
Several species are cultivated every moment ornamental plants for their bold leafage in addition to large flowers. The well-known T. chantrieri goes past times the names of Black Bat Flower, Bat-head Lily, Devil Flower or Cat's Whiskers. Tacca integrifolia is known every moment the Purple or White Bat Flower. Other cultivated varieties include the Arrowroot, T. pinnatifida leontopetaloides, in addition to T. cristata aspera.
