Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea amazonum Mart. ex Griseb.

First published in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(1): 39 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Panama to S. Tropical America. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Calderon; et al [2933] Brazil K001150201 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Welle, B.J.H., ter; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V. [3178] Guyana K001150034 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Silva, M.B., da [89] Brazil K001150162 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Calderon, C.E.; Monteiro, O.P.; Guedes, J. [2933] Brazil K001150202 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Gillespie, L.J. [2430] Guyana K001171635 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Redden, K.M.; Williams, R.; Diaz, W.; Leon, O.; et al [3556] Venezuela K001150192 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Chavez, J. [75] Peru K001150572 Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Rodrigues, W.A.; Ramos, J.F.; et al [5129] Brazil K001150182 Yes
Mexia, Y.E.J. [6005] Brazil K001150031 Yes
Couto, R.S. [10] Brazil K001765442 Yes
Liesner, R.L. [15743] Venezuela K001150523 Yes
Spruce, R. [1968] Brazil K000099141 Type Yes
Burchell [9756] Brazil K000099139 Unknown Type Material Yes
Diaz, W.; Sandoval, D.; Redden, K.; Williams, R.; et al [7467] Venezuela K001150524 Yes
Calderón, C.E.; Monteiro, O.P.; Guedes, J. [2687] Brazil K001150019 Yes
Couto, R.S. [70] Brazil K001765441 Yes
Thomas, W.W.; Gentry, A.H.; Stein, B. [3380] Venezuela K001150526 Yes
s.coll [430] Peru K001150528 Yes
Davidse, G.; Miller, J.S. [26732] Venezuela K001150520 Yes
Liesner, R.L. [16510] Venezuela K001150521 Yes
s.coll [1536] Brazil K001150024 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H. [484] Brazil K001150021 Yes
Milliken, W.; Bowles, S. [267] Brazil K001150029 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Steyermark, C. [95340] Venezuela K001150519 Yes
Couto, R.S. [63] Brazil K001765440 Yes
Couto, R.S. [62] Brazil K001765443 Yes
s.coll [[740]] Colombia K001150513 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Pennington, T.D.; Silva, N.T. [1336] Brazil K001150025 Yes
Thomas, W.W. [3355] Venezuela K001150525 Yes
Cowan, R.S. [38629] Brazil K001150030 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [1460] Guyana K000099133 Type Yes
Barbosa, C.; Madriñan, S. [8422] Colombia K001150516 Yes
Zarucchi, J. [2191] Colombia K001150515 Yes
Schomburgk, R.H. [880] Brazil K000099140 Type Yes
Freire-Fierro, A.; Romoleroux, K.; Borchsenius, F. [2515] Ecuador K001150527 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [7708] Venezuela K001150517 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; Ramos, J.F. [5809] Brazil K001150023 Yes
Liesner, R.L. [17413] Venezuela K001150522 Yes
Schultes, R.E.; Cabrera, I. [14610] Colombia K001150514 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Brazil K001150020 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [7708] Venezuela K001150518 Yes
Schomburgk, R. [885/1460] Guyana K000099134 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0