Dioscorea strydomiana Wilkin

Native to:

Northern Provinces

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Bulletin

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Kew Species Profiles

• IUCN (2001). IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Version 3.1. Prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK.
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