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Taxon:
Dioscorea sansibarensis
Pax
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14251
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15:146. 1892
Verified:
12/01/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea macroura
Harms
No images
Reference(s)
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Wilkin, P.
2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bull. 56:397.
Common names
English
Zanzibar yam –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Congo
,
Gabon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Togo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Name
References