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Taxon:
Dioscorea elephantipes
(LʼHér.) Engl.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14203
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler & C. G. O. Drude, Veg. Erde 9(II):367. 1908 (Pflanzenw. Afrikas)
Verified:
02/24/2006
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
Basionym
Tamus elephantipes
LʼHér.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Testudinaria elephantipes
(LʼHér.) A. Dicks.
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Reference(s)
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Goldblatt, P. & J. Manning.
2000. Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia vol. 9.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
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
Common names
English
elephant's-foot –
Reference(s)
Hottentot-bread –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
hottentotsbrood –
Reference(s)
German
Elefantenfuß –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
Cape Province
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
[Cape Province]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References