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Rajania
Sign in to saveRajania is a genus of plants in the Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the West Indies, with 14 of the 17 known species found in Cuba.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 128
- With media
- 111
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Collections
- NY, CM, IBUNAM, MICH, CHRB, MO
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, Mexico
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Rajania is a genus of plants in the Dioscoreaceae. It is native to the West Indies, with 14 of the 17 known species found in Cuba. Rajania angustifolia Sw. - Cuba, Haiti Rajania cephalocarpa Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba Rajania cordata L. - Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles Rajania ekmanii R.Knuth - Cuba Rajania hastata L. - Hispaniola Rajania microphylla Kunth - Bahamas, Cuba Rajania nipensis R.A.Howard - Cuba Rajania ovata Sw. - Cuba, Hispaniola Rajania pilifera Urb. - Haiti Rajania porulosa R.Knuth - Cuba Rajania psilostachya (Kunth) Uline - Cuba Rajania quinquefolia L. - Cuba, Hispaniola Rajania spiculiflora Uline ex R.Knuth - Haiti Rajania tenella R.A.Howard - Cuba Rajania tenuiflora R.Knuth - Cuba, Hispaniola Rajania theresensis Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba Rajania wrightii Uline ex R.Knuth - Cuba
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rajania” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.