Dioscorea sansibarensis

Dioscorea sansibarensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea sansibarensis

Name edit

Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 146 (1892).

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Dioscorea toxicaria Bojer, Hortus Maurit.: 352 (1837), nom. nud.
    • Dioscorea macroura Harms, Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 266 (1896).
    • Dioscorea welwitschii Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 39 (1899).
    • Dioscorea macabiha Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 407 (1910).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
    • Regional: Tropical Africa
      • Angola; Assam; Benin; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Florida; Gabon; Guinea; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Kenya; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Mozambique; Nigeria; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe

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

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