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minutiflora

Taxon

Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.

Protologue Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7(4): 332. 1886; et 15: 146 (err cal. multiflora) t. 8.BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 114.jpg

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 114.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 116.jpg

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 116.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 118.jpg

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 118.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 119.jpg

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 119.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 117.jpg

Dioscorea minutiflora--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 7 Dec 03. 117.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Benin, Burkina, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C. s.n.

December 7, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest (Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.)

3.950278, 9.238333

Location Remarks

Southeast of Limbe, Dikolo Peninsula. Bimbia Mangrove Nature Trail.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Dioscorea

Specific Epithet

minutiflora

Authorship

Engl.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#236,695 of 335,497

Top 71%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →