Dioscorea elephantipes

Taxon info.

Scientific name

Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Her.) Engl.

Common name

Elephants' Foot

Australian native

–

Endangered

–

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Streptophyta

Class

Equisetopsida

Subclass

Magnoliidae

Superorder

Lilianae

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Genus

Dioscorea

Links

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In Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria

Stats

Number of plants

3

Number of accessions

2

Number of taxa

1

RBG Cranbourne

0

RBG Melbourne

3

Plant list
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Accession no.	Plant no.	Provenance type	Identification status	Date planted
Cacti & Succulent House
RBGM 887450	1		3
RBGM 940947	1		1
Cassine Bed
RBGM 887450	2		3	06/02/2026

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