Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth.
subsp. pedicellata Milne-Redh.

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Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

Picture: Bart Wursten
Along road from Entrance Gate to Chitengo, Gorongosa National Park.

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Synonyms: Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth. var. nyassica Burkill
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Climber, 3-5 m high with unarmed, right-twining annual stems, growing from fleshy cylindric tubers up to 5 cm in diameter. Vegetative parts and inflorescences with stellate hairs most dense on the inflorescences and young vegetative parts. Leaves usually opposite, heart-shaped, not lobed, hairy on the veins, cataphylls and nodal flanges absent. Inflorescences axillary of 1-several pendent spikes. Male flowers subsessile or pedicellate. Capsule 1-2 cm long and up to 3.7 cm wide.
Type location:
Zambia, Chingola
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: pedicellata pedicellate, referring to longer pedicels of the male flowers in this subspecies.
Habitat: In riverine vegetation, open woodland, wooded grassland and on termite mounds.
Altitude range: Up to 1700 m
Flowering time:Jan - Apr
Worldwide distribution: Southern DRC, Uganda, western Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Caprivi-Namibia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Lk,W
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 10 January 2018
Literature:

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 90. as Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. hirtiflora

Milne-Redhead, E. (1975). Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa Pages 16 - 17.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 113. as Dioscorea hirtiflora

Wilkin, P. (2009). Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2) Pages 125 - 127. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Caprivi: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Malawi: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Mozambique: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dioscorea hirtiflora
African Plant Database: Dioscorea hirtiflora
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dioscorea hirtiflora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dioscorea hirtiflora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dioscorea hirtiflora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Dioscorea hirtiflora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dioscorea hirtiflora
JSTOR Plant Science: Dioscorea hirtiflora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dioscorea hirtiflora
Plants of the World Online: Dioscorea hirtiflora
Tropicos: Dioscorea hirtiflora
Wikipedia: Dioscorea hirtiflora


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Dioscorea hirtiflora subsp. pedicellata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=115410, retrieved 29 March 2024

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