Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
Dioscorea buchananii

Dioscorea buchananii subsp. undatiloba (Baker) Wilkin

First published in PhytoKeys 48: 59 (2015)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Limpopo to KwaZulu-Natal. It is a climbing caudex geophyte and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 16, 2013 Junod, H.A. [1416] South Africa K000098905 Holotype No
Dec 16, 2013 Gerrard, W.T. [1617] South Africa K000098906 Type Yes
Breyer, H.G. [TM 23387] South Africa K001148772 Yes
Wood, J.M. [12969] South Africa K001148770 Yes
Franks, M.; Wood, J.M. [11673] South Africa K001148771 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0