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Scientific Name | Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. |
Higher Classification | Monocotyledons |
Family | DIOSCOREACEAE |
Synonyms | Dioscorea crinita Hook.f., Dioscorea dinteri Schinz, Dioscorea forbesii Baker, Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. var. dinteri (Schinz) Burkill, Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. var. latifolia R.Knuth |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Least Concern |
Assessment Date | 2017/09/21 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden |
Justification | Dioscorea quartiniana is widespread and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution |
Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa |
Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West |
Range | This species is widespread across sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Within South Africa it is widespread across northern and eastern parts of the country. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Maputaland Coastal Belt, Maputaland Wooded Grassland, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Grassland, Scarp Forest, Northern Coastal Forest, Zululand Lowveld, Pondoland-Ugu Sandstone Coastal Sourveld, Northern Afrotemperate Forest, Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation, Loskop Thornveld, Subtropical Dune Thicket, Transkei Coastal Belt, KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt Thornveld, Andesite Mountain Bushveld, Thukela Thornveld, Waterberg Mountain Bushveld, Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld, Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld, Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld, Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld, Swaziland Sour Bushveld, Maputaland Pallid Sandy Bushveld, Crocodile Gorge Mountain Bushveld, Legogote Sour Bushveld, Thukela Valley Bushveld, Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland |
Description | It is found in a broad range of habitats, from forest to grassland and rocky areas, 0-1700 m. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. | Least Concern | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Wilkin, P. 1999. A morphometric study of Dioscorea quartiniana (Dioscoreaceae). Kew Bulletin 54(1):1-18.
Wilkin, P. 1999. A revision of the compound-leaved yams (Dioscorea, Dioscoreaceae) of Africa. Kew Bulletin 54(1):19-39.
Wilkin, P. 2001. Dioscoreaceae of south-central Africa. Kew Bulletin 56(2):361-404.
Wilkin, P. 2009. Dioscoreaceae. In: J.R. Timberlake and E.S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca 12 (Part 2):109-140. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. 2017. Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/02/11 |
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