Dioscorea cayenensis

Dioscorea cayenensis

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 cayenensis
Subspecies: D. c. subsp. cayenensis – D. c. subsp. rotundata

Name

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Dioscorea cayenensis Lam., 1789

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional:Tropiu cal Africa
      • Benin; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; Congo; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo

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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Yorùbá: ìgángán
 
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