Native to Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (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

Gereau, R 7058

January 27, 2008

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe)

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1550 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Robust herbaceous climber.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Dioscorea

Specific Epithet

schimperiana

Authorship

Hochst. ex Kunth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.5

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

#197,671 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →