Dioscorea dumetorum

Dioscorea dumetorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea dumetorum

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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

Primary references

• Pax, F.A. in H. G. A. Engler & K. A. E. Prantl, 1888. Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5):134.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea dumetorum 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. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea dumetorum 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea dumetorum. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea dumetorum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea dumetorum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: bitter yam

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