Dioscorea dumetorum

Dioscorea dumetorum

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea dumetorum

Name

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Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5): 133 (1887).

Synonyms

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  • Basionym
    • Helmia dumetorum Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 436 (1850).
  • Homotypic
    • Dioscorea triphylla var. dumetorum (Kunth) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 132 (1924).
  • Heterotypic
    • Dioscorea triphylla G.W.Schimp. ex A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 316 (1850), nom. illeg.
    • Dioscorea buchholziana Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 333 (1886).
    • Dioscorea triphylla var. tomentosa Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 40 (1899).
    • Dioscorea triphylla var. abyssinica R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 136 (1924).
    • Dioscorea triphylla var. rotundata R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 136 (1924).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional:Tropical Africa
      • Angola; Benin; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Kenya; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Nigeria; Northern Provinces; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: bitter yam
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