Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea peperoides Prain & Burkill

First published in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1597 (1913)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Vietnam, Philippines. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Philippines, Vietnam

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Elmer, A.D.E. [6400] Philippines K000098350 Type Yes
Loher, A. [7007] Philippines K001144824 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11552] Philippines K001144823 Yes
Romero; Fuentes [37628] Philippines K001144830 Yes
s.coll [2985] Australia K001145131 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11552] Philippines K001144822 Yes
Loher, A. [1892] Philippines K001144827 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [9441] Philippines K001144826 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11555] Philippines K001144821 Yes
Ramos, M. [8178] Philippines K000098351 Holotype Yes
Elmer, A.D.E. [6399] Philippines K000098349 Type Yes
Loher, A. [7010] Philippines K001144819 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [6512] Philippines K001144825 Yes
s.coll [1980] Philippines K001144828 Yes
Romero; Fuentes [37628] Philippines K001144829 Yes
Loher, A. [1882] Philippines K001144820 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