- Family:
- Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
Dioscorea composita Hemsl.

Native to:
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Dioscorea composita Hemsl. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2008 | Chagala, B.G. [452], Mexico | K001171757 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 2008 | Chagala, B.G. [203], Mexico | K001171746 | Yes | ||
Apr 22, 2005 | Beyer, R.I. [213], Mexico | K000098995 | Yes | ||
Apr 22, 2005 | Tucker, J.M. [598], El Salvador | K000499521 | Yes | ||
Apr 22, 2005 | Bampton, S.S. [21] | K000499520 | Yes | ||
Jan 19, 2001 | Beyer, R.I. [213], Mexico | K000499518 | Yes | ||
Jan 19, 2001 | Beyer, R.I. [213], Mexico | K000499517 | Yes | ||
Jan 19, 2001 | Beyer, R.I. [213], Mexico | K000499516 | Yes | ||
Jan 19, 2001 | Beyer, R.I. [213], Mexico | K000499515 | Yes | ||
Góngora, E. [94] | K001149806 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150788 | Yes | |||
Vazquez, M. [1002], Mexico | K001149055 | Yes | |||
Bampton, S.S. [21], Belize | K001149056 | Yes | |||
Vazquez, M. [1002], Mexico | K000499519 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150790 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150789 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150786 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150787 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.], United Kingdom | K001150791 | Yes |
First published in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 354 (1884)
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.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Not accepted by
- Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. [Cited as Dioscorea mexicana.]
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