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Dioscorea quartiniana
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B8 to Ngoma
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Road from Katima Mulilo to Zambian border, sideroad
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| Synonyms: |
Dioscorea apiculata De Wild. Dioscorea beccariana Martelli Dioscorea crinita Hook. f. Dioscorea dinteri Schinz Dioscorea excisa R. Knuth Dioscorea forbesii Baker Dioscorea schliebenii R. Knuth Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Slender perennial climber. Stems wiry, softly hairy. Leaves digitately compound with 5 leaflets, tapering into a thread-like tip. Lfe blades usually folded upwards along the midrib. Flowers in pendulous spikes, ivory-white. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | quartiniana: named after Richard Quartin-Dillon, botanist |
| Habitat: | In thickets and woodland. |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Subsaharan Africa. |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 1 March 2018 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 305. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 13. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 125. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. as Dioscorea quartiniana var. quartiniana Milne-Redhead, E. (1975). Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 23 - 25. Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 108 - 109. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 79. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 97. (Includes a picture). Wilkin, P. (2009). Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 131 - 133. (Includes a picture). |
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