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quartiniana

Taxon

Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich.

Protologue Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 316. 1850BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Dioscorea, Z. Rogers 1302--South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal. Krantzkloof Nat. Res. 24 Jan 09. 148.jpg

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Native to 33 botanical countries across Africa (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

Rogers Z.S. 1302

January 24, 2009

Location

South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal (Hibiscus Coast NU)

-31.006667, 30.177222

Location Remarks

Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.

Collectors

Zachary Scott Rogers

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Dioscorea

Specific Epithet

quartiniana

Authorship

A.Rich.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.9

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

0.2

Global rank

#206,222 of 335,497

Top 62%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →