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Dioscorea elephantipes
Sign in to saveAlso known as Elephant's foot, Hottentot bread, Tortoise plant, Turtle back, Turtle shell
species of plant
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderDioscoreales
- FamilyDioscoreaceae
Native toCape Provinces
Observations recorded361
General: Geography and distribution Dioscorea elephantipes
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 41
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Collections
- UCSB, US, NY, SBBG, CM, USF
- Recorded in
- South Africa, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dioscorea
- Image
- Dioscorea elephantipes, Cederberg, Western Cape, South Africa 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Dioscorea elephantipes
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Dioscorea elephantipes
- Commons category
- Dioscorea elephantipes
- endemic to
- South Africa
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- short name
- D. elephantipes
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- taxon common name
- hottentot-bread
Sources (2)
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