Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea kamoonensis Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 5: 395 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

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.
  • Hang, Y.Y. (2020). Dioscoreaceae in China : color-illustrated Chinese and English bilingual edition: 1-476. Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press.
  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.
  • Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  • Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Wilkin, P., Thapyai, C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Lectotypification of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) names from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 62: 251-258.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hang, Y.Y. (2020). Dioscoreaceae in China : color-illustrated Chinese and English bilingual edition: 1-476. Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [4486] China K000098182 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [2666] China K000098186 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [6419] China K000098187 Syntype Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [11301] China K000098183 Isotype Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [7501] China K000098185 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [9495] China K000098180 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [9495] China K000098179 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Henry, A. [9495] China K000098132 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 1984 Henry, A. [7103] China K000098184 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Wallich, N. [5098] India K000098190 Isotype Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [6] India K000098168 Lectotype Yes
Forrest, G. [7060] K001141688 Yes
Wang, F.T. [23582b] China K001141703 Yes
Wilkin, P. [905] Thailand K001143797 Yes
Henry, A. [9495A] China K001141707 Yes
Henry, A. [9715A] China K000098181 Yes
Ducloux, F. [s.n.] China K001141674 Yes
Henry, A. [9715] China K000098188 Type Yes
Forrest, G. [8865] China K001141673 Yes
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [836] China K001141694 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K001142349 Yes
Wang, F.T. [22513a] China K001141700 Yes
Hancock, W. [344] China K001141678 Yes
s.coll [5560] India K001142348 Yes
Henry, A. [9715] China K000098189 Syntype Yes
Forrest, G. [23054] China K001141685 Yes
Fang, W.P. [6360] China K001141698 Yes
Wilkin, P. [997] Thailand K001143800 Yes
Schneider, C.K. [3379] China K001141690 Yes
s.coll [1349] K001142345 Yes
Steward, A.N.; Chiao, C.Y.; Cheo, H.C. [198] China K001141705 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44881B] India K001142328 Yes
Wilkin, P. [997] Thailand K001143799 Yes
Wilkin, P. [905] Thailand K001143798 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [1374] Thailand K001143795 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [1286] China K001141687 Yes
Delavay, P.J.M. [1825] China K001141689 Yes
Schoch, O. [134] China K001141706 Yes
Li, Z.Y.; et al [1074] China K001141679 Yes
Bar, N.L. [6265] India K001142351 Yes
Schneider, C.K. [1786] China K001141684 Yes
Lu; et al [350] China K001141702 Yes
Lau, S.K. [28803] China K001141697 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [1094] Thailand K001143794 Yes
Forrest, G. [8616] China K001141675 Yes
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [656] China K001141695 Yes
Schneider, C.K. [1991] China K001141681 Yes
Forrest, G. [6453] China K001141683 Yes
Li, Z.Y.; et al [427] China K001141680 Yes
Petelot, A. [3.112] Vietnam K001143790 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] India K001142352 Yes
Hancock, W. [557] China K001141692 Yes
Maire, E.E. [569] China K001141686 Yes
Steward, A.N.; Chiao, C.Y.; Cheo, H.C. [465] China K001141709 Yes
Herb Drake, E. [s.n.] K001141682 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9776] India K001142354 Yes
Rock, J.F.C. [5456] China K001141704 Yes
s.coll [25096] Burma K001142347 Yes
Tsiang, Y. [9135] China K001141711 Yes
Wang, F.T. [22429] China K001141699 Yes
Forrest, G. [10787] China K001141691 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [116] China K001141676 Yes
s.coll [5102] K001142346 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] India K001142353 Yes
Tsiang, Y. [9416] China K001141693 Yes
Petelot, A. [3.112] Vietnam K001143789 Yes
Steward, A.N.; Chiao, C.Y.; Cheo, H.C. [465] China K001141710 Yes
Chu, K.L. [3961] China K001141712 Yes
Garrett, H.B.G. [1094] K001143793 Yes
Schneider, C.K. [3119] China K001141677 Yes
Wang, F.T. [23559] China K001141701 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K001142350 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [2712] Thailand K001143796 Yes
Forrest, G. [18891] China K001141708 Yes
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [1016] China K001141696 Yes
Maire [7330] China Dioscorea bonatiana K000098131 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India Dioscorea brevifolia K001143020 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] India Dioscorea brevifolia K001143027 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

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