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Dioscorea sylvatica

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Internal ID UUID643ff7eea4d2c009075417
Scientific name Dioscorea sylvatica
Authority Eckl.
First published in S. African Quart. J. 1: 363 (1830)

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Dioscorea brevipes Burtt Davy Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1924: 232 (1924)
Dioscorea hederifolia Griseb. Fl. Bras. 3(1): 42 (1842)
Dioscorea marlothii R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 321 (1924)
Dioscorea montana var. duemmeri R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 323. 1924
Dioscorea montana var. glauca R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 323. 1924
Dioscorea montana var. paniculata (Kuntze) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 323 1924
Dioscorea rehmannii Baker Fl. Cap. 6: 248 (1896)
Dioscorea sylvatica var. brevipes (Burtt Davy) Burkill J. S. African Bot. 18: 189. 1952
Dioscorea sylvatica subsp. lydenbergensis Blunden, Hardman & F.J.Hind Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 64: 445 (1971)
Dioscorea sylvatica var. multiflora (Marloth) Burkill J. S. African Bot. 18: 189. 1952
Dioscorea sylvatica var. paniculata (Dummer) Burkill J. S. African Bot. 18: 189. 1952
Dioscorea sylvatica var. rehmannii (Baker) Burkill J. S. African Bot. 18: 189. 1952
Tamus sylvestris Hort.Berol. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 443. 1850 [10-11 Jun 1850]
Testudinaria montana var. paniculata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 312. 1898
Testudinaria multiflora Marloth Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 3: 127 (1913)
Testudinaria paniculata Dümmer Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 195 (1912)
Testudinaria rehmannii (Baker) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 8: 50 (1953)
Testudinaria sylvatica Hort.Berol. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 5: 443. 1850 [10-11 Jun 1850]
Testudinaria sylvatica var. brevipes (Burtt Davy) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973)
Testudinaria sylvatica var. lydenbergensis (Blunden, Hardman & F.J.Hind) G.D.Rowley Repert. Pl. Succ. 23: 11 (1972 publ. 1974)
Testudinaria sylvatica var. multiflora (Marloth) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973)
Testudinaria sylvatica var. paniculata (Duemm.) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973)
Testudinaria sylvatica var. rehmannii (Baker) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973)
Dioscorea montana var. lobata Weim. Bot. Not. 1937: 162.
Dioscorea montana var. sagittata Suess. Proc. & Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 78. 1951
Testudinaria glaucescens Hügel Hort. Donat. : 17 (1858)
Dioscorea sylvatica var. sylvatica Eckl.

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Chinese 扁平龟甲龙
Chinese 蔓龟草

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  • Africa
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000395752
Tropicos 100181787
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318649-1
The Plant List kew-240988
Open Tree Of Life 708847
NCBI Taxonomy 50285
IUCN Red List 100890364
IPNI 318649-1
iNaturalist 583851
GBIF 2754792
EOL 1120670
USDA GRIN 14258
Wikipedia Dioscorea_sylvatica

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Advancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment Dutta T, Anand U, Saha SC, Mane AB, Prasanth DA, Kandimalla R, Proćków J, Dey A Conserv Physiol 16-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8448427
doi:10.1093/conphys/coab073
PMID:34548925
The traditional use of southern African medicinal plants for the treatment of bacterial respiratory diseases: A review of the ethnobotany and scientific evaluations Cock IE, Van Vuuren SF J Ethnopharmacol 27-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7383173
doi:10.1016/j.jep.2020.113204
PMID:32730881
Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons Cowling RM, Logie C, Brady J, Middleton M, Grobler BA PeerJ 31-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6679649
doi:10.7717/peerj.7336
PMID:31396438
A Target Capture-Based Method to Estimate Ploidy From Herbarium Specimens Viruel J, Conejero M, Hidalgo O, Pokorny L, Powell RF, Forest F, Kantar MB, Soto Gomez M, Graham SW, Gravendeel B, Wilkin P, Leitch IJ Front Plant Sci 24-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6667659
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.00937
PMID:31396248
A customized nuclear target enrichment approach for developing a phylogenomic baseline for Dioscorea yams (Dioscoreaceae) Soto Gomez M, Pokorny L, Kantar MB, Forest F, Leitch IJ, Gravendeel B, Wilkin P, Graham SW, Viruel J Appl Plant Sci 13-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6580989
doi:10.1002/aps3.11254
PMID:31236313
Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa Rasethe MT, Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 16-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6500648
doi:10.1155/2019/2609532
PMID:31118951
Plants Used by Bapedi Traditional Healers to Treat Asthma and Related Symptoms in Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Maroyi A Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6077574
doi:10.1155/2018/2183705
PMID:30108649
Diversification into novel habitats in the Africa clade of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae): erect habit and elephant’s foot tubers Maurin O, Muasya AM, Catalan P, Shongwe EZ, Viruel J, Wilkin P, van der Bank M BMC Evol Biol 08-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5100304
doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0812-z
PMID:27821045
Medicinal Plants Cultivated in Bapedi Traditional Healers Homegardens, Limpopo Province, South Africa Semenya SS, Potgieter MJ Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 23-Aug-2014
PMCID:PMC4202529
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v11i5.20
PMID:25395716
Phytomedicine Versus Gonorrhoea: The Bapedi Experience Erasmus LJ, Potgieter MJ, Semenya SS, Lennox SJ Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 01-Jul-2012
PMCID:PMC3746654
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v9i4.17
PMID:23983396

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