Skip to main content

    Species Accepted

    Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

    Elephant's Foot

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
      Elephant's Foot English
      Elephant's Foot Yam English
      Tamier pied d'éléphant French
      dioskorea slonia Slovak
      hottentotsbrood Afrikaans
      hottentottijamssi Finnish
      olifantsvoet Afrikaans
      skilpaddop Afrikaans
      キッコウリュウ Japanese
      南非龜甲龍 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      10 results
      Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 143 (1827)
      H.G.A.Engler & C.G.O.Drude, Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 367 (1908)
      Sert. Angl.: 29 (1789)
      in Burch. Trav. ii. 148.
      Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973)
      South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2021. Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA) [offline dataset]. http://newposa.sanbi.org [Note that these data are not available at this URL as of 2021]
      Trav. S. Africa 2: 148 (1824)
      H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 9 (1924)
      Fl. Tellur. 4: 26 (1838)
      Trav. S. Africa 2: 147 (1824)

      Citation

      Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. in undefined