Dioscoreaceae
Tacca

Tacca borneensis Ridl.

First published in J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 49: 45 (1907 publ. 1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Borneo. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boyce, P.C. & Julia, S. (2006). A review of entire-leaved Tacca (Dioscoreaceae) in Sarawak, Borneo. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 58: 25-40.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Tacca integrifolia.]
  • Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Tacca integrifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boyce, P.C. & Julia, S. (2006). A review of entire-leaved Tacca (Dioscoreaceae) in Sarawak, Borneo. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 58: 25-40.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0