Family:
Dioscoreaceae R.Br.

Trichopus Gaertn.

This genus is accepted, and its native range is Madagascar, SW. India to Peninsula Malaysia.

Native to:

India, Madagascar, Malaya, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Trichopus Gaertn. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Elliot, G.F.S. [2745], Madagascar K001140915 Yes
s.coll [2506], Madagascar K001140917 Yes
Lam, H.J. [5755], Madagascar K001140916 Yes

First published in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 44 (1788)

Accepted by

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0