Fig. 4

Tuberized subterranean organs of Dioscorea species associated with the surveyed shellmounds, Joinville–Santa Catarina state. A–C tubers of D. laxiflora collected in the surrounding vegetation of Ilha dos Espinheiros II; D–F tubers of D. chondrocarpa recorded in the surrounding vegetation of Ilha dos Espinheiros II; G young tuber of D. chondrocarpa in the vegetation around Morro do Amaral II; H, J detail of variegated leaves and purple abaxial face of D. dodecaneura on Cubatão I-A; I tuber of D. dodecaneura on Cubatão II; K, L rhizophores of D. scabra in the vegetation around Rua Guaíra; M–P tubers of D. olfersiana recorded in the vegetation around Ilha dos Espinheiros II; Q tubers of D. olfersiana recorded in the vegetation around Cubatão II; R, S tubers of D. cayennensis recorded in the vegetation around Ilha dos Espinheiros II and Cubatão I-B, respectively