Archive for 'Dioscoreaceae'

Dioscorea lanata

Dioscorea lanata

The shape of the leaves provides information that this is a species and an individual with a huge growth potential. This is a twining plant that can grow to several meters in length. However, this seedling set root in an shallow crack in the limestone. Unless its roots can reach deep enough to reach the […]

Dioscorea lanata

Dioscorea lanata

Endemic.

Dioscorea perdicum

Dioscorea perdicum

Altitude: 2449 meters. Native range is southeastern Brazil.