Biology:Dioscorea quartiniana
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Short description: Species of herbaceous vine
| Dioscorea quartiniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. quartiniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich.
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Dioscorea quartiniana is a climbing tuber geophyte in the family Dioscoreaceae.[2] It is native to Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar , Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This species occurs in forests, grasslands, and rocky areas.[1]
Uses
It is cultivated for food in Cameroon and East Nigeria.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Contu, S. (2013). "Dioscorea quartiniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T44392887A44450966. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44392887A44450966.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44392887/44450966. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240784.
Wikidata ☰ Q15607911 entry
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