Dioscorea elephantipes
type: Thing
alternate name: Elephant's foot
alternate name: Hottentot bread
alternate name: Tortoise plant
alternate name: Turtle back
alternate name: Turtle shell
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source: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2
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retrieved: 2023-01-03

source: IUCN Red List
stated in qid: Q32059
retrieved: 2017-12-20

source: Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information
stated in qid: Q12159796
retrieved: 2015-11-14

source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System
stated in qid: Q82575
retrieved: 2014-11-09

source: Encyclopedia of Life
stated in qid: Q82486
retrieved: 2014-11-01

source: Global Biodiversity Information Facility
stated in qid: Q1531570
retrieved: 2015-05-23

source: Tropicos
stated in qid: Q2578548
retrieved: 2014-04-27

source: International Plant Names Index
stated in qid: Q922063
retrieved: 2014-04-27

source: The Plant List 1.1
stated in qid: Q15628808
retrieved: 2014-03-06

source: GRIN Taxonomy for Plants
stated in qid: Q19576476
retrieved: 2015-03-15

source: United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database
stated in qid: Q19636200
retrieved: 2015-03-21

source: UMLS 2023
stated in qid: Q118645236
retrieved: 2023-06-16

source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
stated in qid: Q8035497
retrieved: 2017-02-11

source: Plants of the World Online
stated in qid: Q47542613
retrieved: 2018-04-14

source: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
stated in qid: Q51885189
retrieved: 2018-06-14

source: Red List of South African Plants
stated in qid: Q57715373
retrieved: 2018-11-01

source: World Flora Online
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retrieved: 2020-07-28

source: Open Tree of Life reference taxonomy version 3.2
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retrieved: 2021-03-09

source: Sukkulenten-Lexikon. Einkeimblättrige Pflanzen (Monocotyledonen)
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source: A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China
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source: A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China
stated in qid: Q124972238

source: Biota of New Zealand
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source: CalPhotos
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