Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea composita Hemsl.

First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 354 (1884)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. [Cited as Dioscorea mexicana.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Chagala, B.G.; Gómez, G. [452] Mexico K001171757 Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Chagala, B.G.; Gómez F, G. [203] Mexico K001171746 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Beyer, R.I. [213] Mexico K000499515 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Beyer, R.I. [213] Mexico K000499516 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Beyer, R.I. [213] Mexico K000499517 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Beyer, R.I. [213] Mexico K000499518 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Beyer, R.I. [213] Mexico K000098995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Tucker, J.M. [598] El Salvador K000499521 Yes
Apr 22, 2005 Bampton, S.S. [21] K000499520 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150788 Yes
Vazquez, M.; colaboradores [1002] Mexico K000499519 Yes
Mexia, Y. [9226] Mexico K001553499 Yes
Bampton, S.S. [21] Belize K001149056 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150789 Yes
Vazquez, M.; colaboradores [1002] Mexico K001149055 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150787 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. & Trejo,C. [6109] Mexico K001069169 No
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150786 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150790 Yes
Góngora, E. [94] K001149806 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United Kingdom K001150791 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images