Dioscorea preussii

Dioscorea preussii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea preussii
Subspecies: D. p. subsp. hylophila – D. p. subsp. preussii

Name

Dioscorea preussii Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 147 (1892).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional:Tropical Africa Angola; Benin; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Congo; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Malawi; Mozambique; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zare References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pax, F.A., 1892. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 15:147.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea preussii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea preussii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea preussii. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea preussii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea preussii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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