Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis

Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis

Taxonavigation

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

Name

Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. subsp. cayenensis autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dioscorea altissima Lam., Encycl. 3: 231 (1789).
  • Dioscorea aculeata Balb. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 381 (1850), nom. illeg.
  • Dioscorea berteroana Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 381 (1850).
  • Dioscorea moma De Wild., Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 367 (1912).
  • Dioscorea pruinosa A.Chev., Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç.: 311 (1913), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea camerunensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 298 (1924).
  • Dioscorea occidentalis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 299 (1924).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Tropical 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

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 3:233.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page.