A new species of edible yam (Dioscorea L.) from western Madagascar

Kew Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Weber, Odile ^a   Wilkin, Paul ^b   Rakotonasolo, Franck ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^c PARC BOTANIQUE ET ZOOLOGIQUE DE TSIMBAZAZA   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Dioscorea; Dioscoreaceae; Madagascar; New species

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREACEAE; DISCOIDAE;

EID: 28244449106     PISSN: 00755974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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