Clarifying the Dioscorea buchananii Benth. species complex: a new potentially extinct subspecies for South Africa

The Dioscorea buchananii complex is shown to comprise three species, one of which is divided into two subspecies, based on morphological data. Two species, Dioscorea rupicola Kunth and Dioscorea multiloba Kunth, are endemic or subendemic to South Africa and of widespread occurrence in KwaZulu Natal....

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Main Authors: Wilkin, Paul, Muasya, A. Muthama
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4408732/