Family:
Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
Genus:
Dioscorea Plum. ex L.

Dioscorea benthamii Prain & Burkill

This species is accepted, and its native range is SE. China, Taiwan.

Native to:

China South-Central, Taiwan

Dioscorea benthamii Prain & Burkill appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [536], Hong Kong K000098141 Unknown type material Yes
Tsang, W.T. [21154], China K001141899 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10464], Hong Kong K001141905 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [9073], Hong Kong K001141910 Yes
Wright, C. [328], Hong Kong K001141896 Yes
Chun, W.Y. [7468], Hong Kong K001141901 No
Shiu Ying Hu [10649], Hong Kong K001141909 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10451], Hong Kong K001141913 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [13775A], Hong Kong K001141904 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [4], Hong Kong K001141902 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10384], Hong Kong K001141907 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10552], Hong Kong K001141914 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [21696], China K001141897 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10451], Hong Kong K001141912 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [8206], Hong Kong K001141911 Yes
Tso, C.L. [21724], Hong Kong K001141900 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10464], Hong Kong K001141906 Yes
Tsang, W.T. [21154], China K001141898 Yes
Shiu Ying Hu [10384], Hong Kong K001141908 Yes

First published in J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 448 (1908)

Accepted by

  • 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.

  • 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 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