syringodea
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:46:13 PDT)
Syringodea bifucata M.P.de Vos, Fl. S. Afr. 7(2: 2): 4 (1983).
Sanbi, the Kew Check List, The Plant List, and IPNI all agree on
this name (replacing Syringodea bicolor).
A search for fucata, botany, greek retrieved this reference:
A Popular California flora, or, Manual of botany for beginners
fucata = colored
It seems the meaning of the plant didn't really change with the changed name.
My question is lexical, rather than botanical, in nature. Is
'bifucata' the correct species name or should it be 'bifurcata'.
I have seen the bulb appear multiple times under both names on the
internet. If 'bifucata' is correct perhaps somebody can explain what
it means. Thanks