Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea acanthogene Rusby

First published in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 492 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to Paraguay. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

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 Burchell [8731-2] Brazil K001149597 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; et al [5163] Brazil K001150181 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Burchell, W.J. [s.n.] Brazil K001150170 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Kollmann, L.; Magnago, L. [11209] Brazil K001171691 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Wood, J.R.I.; Harley, R.M.; Daniel, T. [18297] Bolivia K001150263 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Wood, J.R.I.; Harley, R.M.; Daniel, T. [18297] Bolivia K001150264 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Haught, O.L. [1454] Colombia K001150556 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Wood, J.R.I.; Harley, R.M.; Daniel, T. [18297] Bolivia K001150262 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Demuner, V.; Magnago, L.F.S.; Cruz, T.; Bausen, E.; Clara [1904] Brazil K001171719 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Coradin, L. [7996] Brazil K001149598 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Fiebrig, K. [4572] Paraguay K000099084 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Prance, G.T.; Philcox, D.; Forero, E.; Coelho, L.F.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [5163] Brazil K001171671 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Plowman, T.C.; Schultes, R.E.; Tovar, O. [6583] Peru K001150220 Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Rusby, H.H. [556] Bolivia K000099272 Isotype Yes
Martinelli, G.; et al. [1893] Brazil K001589971 Yes
Mathias, M.E.; Taylor, D. [5323] Peru K001150545 Yes
s.coll [4013] K001150099 Yes
Ratter, J.A. [R6443] Brazil K001150101 Yes
Krukoff, B.A. [10004] Bolivia K001150552 Yes
Cuatrecasas, J. [13018] Colombia K001150550 Yes
André, É.F. [433] Colombia K001150549 Yes
Burchell [8701] Brazil K001150098 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Davidse, G.; Rosa, N.A.; Rosário, C.S.; et al [8184] Brazil K001150100 Yes
Bang, M. [1379] Bolivia K001150551 Type Yes
Hassler, E. [8298] Paraguay K000099086 Isotype Yes
Hassler, E. [8298] Paraguay K000524756 Isotype Yes
Williams, R.S. [245] Bolivia K000099271 Type Yes
André, É.F. [433] Colombia K001150548 Yes
Klug, G. [3977] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150563 Yes
Belshaw, C.M. [3179] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150565 Yes
Schunke Vigo, J. [2034] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150564 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3210] Ecuador Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150566 Yes
Acevedo-Rdgz, P.; Siaca, A. [6622] Bolivia Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150557 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3210] Ecuador Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150567 Yes
Wasshausen, D.C.; Encarnacíon, F. [519] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150561 Yes
Wasshausen, D.C.; Encarnacíon, F. [550] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150560 Yes
Schunke Vigo, J. [4769] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150558 Yes
Klug, G. [3977] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150562 Yes
Plowman, T.C.; Schunke Vigo, J. [7561] Peru Dioscorea apurimacensis K001150559 Yes
Gardner [4013] Brazil Dioscorea paraguayensis K000099085 Type Yes
Macbride, J.F. [4641] Peru Dioscorea pozucoensis K000099259 Type 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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