Biology:Tacca ankaranensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Ankarana arrowroot
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Tacca
Species:
T. ankaranensis
Binomial name
Tacca ankaranensis
Bard.-Vauc.

Tacca ankaranensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, which is endemic to Madagascar.[1] It was discovered on the Ankarana massif in far northern Madagascar.[2]

It was first described in 1997 by Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Plants of the World Online". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:995872-1. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bardot-Vaucoulon, M. (1997), "Observations sur le milieu et la végétation du Massif de l'Ankarana (Nord de Madagascar) et description de trois nouvelles espèces de Chlorophytum (Liliaceae), Tacca (Taccaceae) et Adenia (Passifloraceae)", Adansonia, Série 3 19: 154, https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/a1997n1a12.pdf 

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