Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea pubera Blume

First published in Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 21 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to W. Malesia. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatera

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states. Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.
  • 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.
  • Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Haines, H.H. [2353], India K001143001 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2353], India K001143002 Yes
s.coll [337 A] K001143009 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India K001143013 Yes
s.coll [88], India K001143005 Yes
Haines, H.H. [688A], India K001142995 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001143003 Yes
s.coll [5546], India K001143012 Yes
Haines, H.H. [6886], India K001142998 Yes
s.coll [s.n.], India K001143008 Yes
s.coll [s.n.], India K001142993 Yes
s.coll [484] K001142999 Yes
Haines, H.H. [3579] K001142996 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [23160ß], Indonesia K001144613 Yes
s.coll [2383A] K001142989 Yes
s.coll [957 A] K001143010 Yes
s.coll [5547], India K001143011 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [337A] K001142992 Yes
Koorders, S.H. [23124ß], Indonesia K001144611 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India K001143014 Yes
Backer, C.A. [35139], Indonesia K001144612 Yes
Harsukh [22821], India K001142994 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.], India K001142991 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2353], India K001143000 Yes
Haines, H.H. [5125], Pakistan K001142997 Yes
Bedi, S.J. [3204] K001143004 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [957B] K001142990 Yes
s.coll [s.n.], India K001143006 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [40650 A], India Dioscorea anguina K001143015 Yes
Ramaswami, M.S. [1577], India Dioscorea anguina K001143017 Yes
Calder, C.C. [198], India Dioscorea anguina K001143016 Yes

Sources

  • 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 2023. 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 2023. 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