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Dalechampia dioscoreifolia

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Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Dalechampia
Species:
D. dioscoreifolia
Binomial name
Dalechampia dioscoreifolia
Poepp. 1841 not Pulle 1906

Dalechampia dioscoreifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841.[1][2] It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, northern Brazil, Bolivia, and possibly Ecuador).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Photo of Dalechampia aristolochiifolia, which is often misidentified as D. dioscoreifolia

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