Dioscorea orangeana

Dioscorea orangeana
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Dioscoreaceae
Genus:	Dioscorea
Species:	D. orangeana
Binomial name
Dioscorea orangeana Wilkin[1]

Dioscorea orangeana, is a tuberous vining flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea, endemic the Forêt d’Orangea near Antsiranana in Madagascar. The tuber is possibly edible, and unlike most other Dioscorea species, the tuber has many finger-like lobes as opposed to a single tuber. Because the plant is new to science and the possible harvesting by local populations, the conservation status of Dioscorea orangeana is of great concern^[1].

Taxonomy

Dioscorea orangeana belongs to the genus Dioscorea referring to the plants producing edible roots known as yams.

External links

Dioscorea orangeana information and photograph from Kew

• (Dioscorea orangeana) at Wikimedia Commons
• (Dioscorea orangeana) at Wikispecies
• (Dioscorea orangeana) at Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• (Dioscorea orangeana) at Global Biodiversity Information Facility

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wilkin, Paul; Annette Hladik, Odile Weber, Claude Marcel Hladik, and Vololoniana Jeannoda (September 2009). "Dioscorea orangeana (Dioscoreaceae), a new and threatened species of edible yam from northern Madagascar". Kew Bulletin (Netherlands: Springer) 64 (3): 461–468. doi:10.1007/s12225-009-9126-2. ISSN 1874-933X. http://www.springerlink.com/content/1h1v3261760423gh/. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 

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