Rajania prestoniensis R.Knuth (1924:337)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a synonym of Rajania/Dioscorea microphylla by (Raz, 2016:29; Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2023).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Rajania/Dioscorea microphylla) by (Raz, 2016:29; Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2023)
Last record: 14 November 1914 (Raz, 2016:29)
Distribution
Cuba
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Knuth, R. (1924). Dioscoreaceae In: Engler, H.G.A. (Ed.) Das Planzenreich 87 (IV. 43). H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer), Leipzig, 387 pp.
Other references:
Berazaín, R. (2009). The extinct Flora of Cuba. Bissea 3(2): 1.
Borhidi, A. and Muñiz, O. (1983). Catálogo de Plantas Cubanas Amenazadas o Extinguidas: 1-85. Acad. Ci. de Cuba, La Habana.
Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. and Saunders, R. M. K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
POWO. (2018). Plants of the World online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://e-monocot.org/.
POWO. (2023). Dioscorea microphylla (Kunth) Greuter & J.Pérez. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 26 December 2023]
Raz, Lauren. (2016). Untangling the West Indian Dioscoreaceae: New combinations, lectotypification and synonymy. Phytotaxa 258 (1): 26-48.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.