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Dioscorea abysmophila Maguire & Steyerm.

fruit type

Kubitzki et al
capsule fruit
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091

Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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geographic distribution

Brazil Species List
Brazil
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034

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Venezuela Species List
Venezuela
URI: http://www.geonames.org/3625428

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life cycle habit

Kubitzki et al
perennial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073

Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic

Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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