Tacca ankaranensis — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Dioscoreales/Dioscoreaceae/Tacca

At a glance

Occurrence records12

Data sources4

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Tacca ankaranensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF12 records

01Narrative

Tacca ankaranensis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae, which is endemic to Madagascar. It was discovered on the Ankarana massif in far northern Madagascar. It was first described in 1997 by Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction1

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type12 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2

3 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 7 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record	2
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Plocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Saint Louis, US	1
WAGlocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 8 of 9 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code