| Dioscorea gribinguiensis Baudon |
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| Family : DIOSCOREACEAE |
| Protologue : Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3 1: 241 (1913) |
| Information on the genus : Dioscorea |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Stem cylindric, slender, woody with rare spines; tuber thin, tough, 30 cm long at least; leaves lanceolate, 9-10x3 cm, base slightly cordate, apex acuminate, petiole 3,5 cm long; male flowers solitary, spaced, sessile, tepals with rounded lobes; female inflorescence axillary, erect, 4-5 cm long; unripe capsule 2 cm long, stipe 6 mm long, 14 mm wide. |
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| Ecology : |
Ecology unknown. |
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? Only known from 2 collections: Centr. Afr. Rep., Les M’bres, Baudon 1822, 1911; Cameroon, Betaré Oya, Jacques-Félix 4591, ante 1947. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
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| Map |
| no map available |
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| Record n°11253 |
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