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