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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wilkin P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4408732 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PhytoKeys 20150415 48
The Dioscoreabuchananii complex is shown to comprise three species, one of which is divided into two subspecies, based on morphological data. Two species, Dioscorearupicola Kunth and Dioscoreamultiloba Kunth, are endemic or subendemic to South Africa and of widespread occurrence in KwaZulu Natal. They differ markedly from each other in inflorescence and floral morphology and appear to be ecologically differentiated. The third species, Dioscoreabuchananii Benth., is primarily found in southeaster ...[more]