Dioscorea balcanica is a herbaceous perennial in the family Dioscoreaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. balcanica
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| Dioscorea balcanica | |
Description
editHeight 2–5 m. Flowers cup-shaped, arranged in racemes, producing loculicidal capsules.
Taxonomy
editThis species was named in 1914 by Nedeljko Kosanin (1874–1934), manager (1906–1934) of the Jevremovac botanical gardens in Belgrade, Serbia.[2]
Distribution
editBalkans: Montenegro to North Albania (see map).[3] As such it is the only wild Dioscorea species found on the Balkan Peninsula where it is endemic. It is considered an endangered species and has been placed under protection.[4]
References
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- "Dioscorea balcanica Košanin". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden.
- "Dioscorea balcanica Košanin". eMonocot. 2014. Distribution maps
- Košanin, Nedelyko (1914). "Dioscorea balcanica". Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (in German). 64: 38–39. doi:10.1007/BF01644279. S2CID 29806734.
- Šavikin-Fodulović, Katarina; Grubišić, Dragoljub; Ćulafić, Ljubinka; Menković, Nebojša; Ristić, Mihailo (June 1998). "Diosgenin and phytosterols content in five callus lines of Dioscorea balcanica". Plant Science. 135 (1): 63–67. doi:10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00036-3.
- "Dioscorea balcanica". Hortipedia. Retrieved 3 February 2016.