Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 367 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Prov. It is a climbing caudex geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Archibald, E. E. A. (1967). The genus Dioscorea in the Cape Province West of East London. Journal of South African Botany 33: 1–46.
  • Smith, P., Burgoyne, P. & van Wyk, E. (2001). Rare plants rediscovered in the Northern Cape. Samara 1:1.
  • Von Teichman und Logischen, I., H. P. Van Der Schijff, H. P. & Robbertse, P. J. (1975). The genus Dioscorea L. in South Africa. Boissiera 24: 215–224.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Burchell, W.J. [2912] South Africa K000098911 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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  • Kew Science Photographs

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  • Kew Species Profiles

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