Dioscoreaceae

Tacca J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

First published in Char. Gen. Pl.: 69 (1776), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Doubtfully present in:

Suriname

Native to:

Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Is., Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Hawaii, Line Is., Nauru, Niue, Taiwan, Tuvalu

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Char. Gen. Pl. 69 (1776)
  • F.T.A. 7: 413. Nom. cons.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Char. Gen. : 69 (1776)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chase, M.W. [175] 74571.000 No
s.coll [5173 [?]] K001140101 Yes
Eja, M. [S. 56004], Malaysia K001140363 Yes
Ralimanana, H. [870], Madagascar K000663077 Yes
Dorr, L.J. [3606], Madagascar K001140852 Yes
Larsen, K. [43753], Thailand K001140265 Yes
s.coll [168], Madagascar K001140855 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001140857 isotype Yes
Pereira, J.T. [JTP 440], Malaysia K001140361 Yes
Beaman, J.H. [9979], Malaysia K001140360 Yes
Herb Griffith [6022], India K001140097 Yes
Kok, R. de [S 97858], Malaysia K001140362 Yes
Kiew, R. [4921], Malaysia K001140167 Yes
Dorr, L.J. [3606], Madagascar K001140851 Yes
Faden, R.B. [76/610], Sri Lanka K001140121 Yes
Parry, N.E. [733], India K001140099 Yes
Huq, A. [H-2232], Bangladesh K001140119 Yes
Smith, E. [693], Thailand K001140264 Yes
Bernardi, L. [11832], Madagascar K001140854 Yes
Craie, W.G. [260], India K001140100 Yes
Deroin, T. [168], Madagascar K001140856 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [42376 C] K001140098 Yes
Dorr, L.J. [3772], Madagascar K001140853 Yes
Faden, R.B. [76/610], Sri Lanka K001140120 Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • 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 2022 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 2022 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