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Dioscorea dodecaneura Vell.: Dioscorea bangii R. Knuth; Dioscorea bulbifera L.; Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax; Dioscorea discolor R. Knuth; Dioscorea dodecandra Steud.; Dioscorea dodecaneura var. maronensis Uline ex R. Knuth; Dioscorea hebantha Mart. ex Griseb.; Dioscorea huallagensis R. Knuth; Dioscorea illustrata W. Bull.; Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng.; Dioscorea racemosa Rusby; Dioscorea septemnervis Vell.; Dioscorea sororia Kunth; Dioscorea vittata W. Bull ex Baker
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Bussmann, R.W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N.Y., Njoroge, G.N. (2021). Dioscorea dodecaneura Vell. Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax Dioscorea minutiflora Engl. Dioscoreaceae. In: Bussmann, R.W. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Africa. Ethnobotany of Mountain Regions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38386-2_63
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