Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 152 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Southeast, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [MB512] Panama K001150237 Yes
Smith, H.H. [620] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines K001149112 Yes
Castroviejo, S.; Cuadras, J.; Velayos, M. [13030] Panama K001150239 Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; Lanjouw, J. [2348] Suriname K001149561 Yes
Friedrichsthal [s.n.] K001149115 Yes
Eggers [5639] Trinidad and Tobago K001149114 Yes
Gentry, H.S. [2328] Mexico K001148829 Yes
Poiteau, P.A. [s.n.] Guyana K001149560 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Westra, L.Y.T. [4428] Guyana K001149559 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica K001149116 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Jamaica K001149111 Yes
Cuadras, J. [7870] Panama K001150234 Yes
Clayton, T. [H890/61] Brazil K001150156 Yes
Eggers [5873] Trinidad and Tobago K001149113 Yes
Bampton, S.S. [9] Belize K001148831 Yes
Bampton, S.S. [20] Belize K001148830 Yes
Espinosa, E.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [7792] Panama K001150235 Yes
Gaumer, G.F. [820] Mexico K001148828 Yes
Espinosa, A.; Luque, D.; Martin-Ballesteros, M.A.; Velayos, M. [MB489] Panama K001150238 Yes
Espinosa, A.; et al [7792] Panama K001150236 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] Panama Dioscorea sapindioides K001150242 Yes
Dodge, C.W.; Steyermark, J.A.; Allen, P.H. [16992] Panama Dioscorea sapindioides K001150243 Yes
Hayes, S. [303] Panama Dioscorea sapindioides K001150240 Yes
s.coll [287] Panama Dioscorea sapindioides K001150241 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2295] Colombia Dioscorea lindmanii K001150230 Yes
Herb Rovirosa, J.N. [643] Mexico Dioscorea costaricensis K001148826 Yes
Schaffner [493] Mexico Dioscorea costaricensis K001148825 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [[3043]] Mexico Dioscorea costaricensis K001148827 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0