Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea membranacea Pierre ex Prain & Burkill

First published in J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 13 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia. It is a climbing rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cambodia, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • 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.
  • Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Wilkin, P., Thapyai, C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Lectotypification of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) names from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 62: 251-258.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Put [1122] Thailand K001143564 Yes
Pooma, R. [4069] Thailand K001143581 Yes
Haniff, M.; Nur, Md. [4230] Thailand K001143563 Yes
Wilkin, P. [T965] Thailand K001143577 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudkaa, P. [1077] Thailand K001143578 Yes
Phengklai, C.; Tamura, M.; Niyomdham, C.; Sangkachand, B. [4291] Thailand K001143568 Yes
Wilkin, P. [T965] Thailand K001143576 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1333] Thailand K001143569 Yes
Wilkin, P. [878] Thailand K001143575 Yes
Put [3089] Thailand K001143556 Yes
Kerr, A. [19415] K001143567 Yes
Collins, D.J. [1532] Thailand K001143565 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19662] Thailand K001143555 Yes
s.coll [2896] Thailand K001143571 Yes
Rabil [232] Thailand K001143562 Yes
Nai Noe, I. [119] Thailand K001143557 Yes
Put [4097] Thailand K001143554 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1299] Thailand K001143572 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1951] Thailand K001143558 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1100] Thailand K001143573 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1951] Thailand K001143559 Yes
Pooma, R. [4069] Thailand K001143580 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9152] Thailand K001143566 Yes
Wilkin, P. [878] Thailand K001143574 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudkaa, P. [1077] Thailand K001143579 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1951] Thailand K001143560 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1245] Thailand K001143561 Yes
Shimizu, T.; Toyokuni, H.; Koyama, H.; Yahara, T.; et al [17933] Thailand K001143570 Yes
Henderson, M.R. [22884] Malaysia K001143044 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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