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2594.000 Dioscoreophyllum
Description of the genus
Herbaceous twiner, sparsely clothed with pale hairs. Leaves simple, entire or (in ours) 3-lobed, not peltate. Male inflorescences of long-pedunculate axillary racemes. Male flowers: sepals 6-8 in two whorls; petals 0, stamens 3-6, fused into a synandrium. Female inflorescences similar to the male. Female flowers: sepals 6; petals 0; carpels 3-6. Drupelets ± ovoid with smooth exocarp; endocarp verrucose or prickly. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical Africa |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| cumminsii (Stapf) Diels var. leptotrichos Troupin | Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Dioscoreophyllum:
Flora of Zimbabwe: DioscoreophyllumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Dioscoreophyllum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Dioscoreophyllum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Dioscoreophyllum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dioscoreophyllum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Dioscoreophyllum
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