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Two new species ofDioscorea,D. gentryi (subgen.Helmia sect.Monadelpha) andD. andromedusae (subgen.Helmia sect.Centrostemon) from Peru, are described and illustrated.
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Téllez-Valdés, O. Two new species of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) from Peru. Brittonia 48, 100–103 (1996). https://doi.org/10.2307/2807670
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