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Dioscorea quartiniana
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Path between Morumbodzi Falls and forested slopes, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa.
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Lower slopes Mt Mabu
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At boundary stream Swanepoel Concession, Cheringoma
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Path between Bunga Camp and Mt Chiuata, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
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Path between Bunga Camp and Mt Chiuata, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
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Path between Bunga Camp and Mt Chiuata, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
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Path between Bunga Camp and Mt Chiuata, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
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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 |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| 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: | In low-altitude areas of Mozambique and Tanzania a very different form occurs with very narrowly oblong-elliptic to linear leaflets that are hairless except for some scattered hairs on the veins. This form was once described as Dioscorea schliebenii R. Knuth but is now, despite the considerable differences, not considered taxonomically separate. |
| Derivation of specific name: | quartiniana: named after Richard Quartin-Dillon, botanist |
| Habitat: | In thickets and woodland. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Subsaharan Africa. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form(s): | Climber. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 28 December 2017 |
| 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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