Dioscorea cayenensis

Dioscorea cayenensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea cayenensis
Subspecies: D. c. subsp. cayenensis – D. c. subsp. rotundata

Name

Dioscorea cayenensis Lam., 1789

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional:Tropiu cal Africa Benin; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; Congo; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Liberia; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1789–1792 [1789]. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Tome 3. viii + 759 pp. Panckoucke, Paris; Plomteux, Liége. BHL Reference page. : 3:233.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea cayenensis 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 cayenensis 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 cayenensis. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. 100181349 Dioscorea cayenensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea cayenensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Yorùbá: ìgángán

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