Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea prazeri Prain & Burkill

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73(Suppl.): 2 (1904)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central Himalaya to Peninsula Malaysia. It is a climbing rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam

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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1983 Hooker, J.D. [7] India K000098150 Paratype Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Clarke, C.B. [41018] India K000098151 Type Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19870] Thailand K001143514 Yes
Herb Griffith [5555] India K001142091 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswani, M.S. [s.n.] India K001142097 Yes
Put [1880] Thailand K001143515 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9158] Thailand K001143523 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19873] Thailand K001143516 Yes
Cowan, J.M. [s.n.] India K001142084 Yes
s.coll [307] India K001142093 Yes
Smitinand, T.; Sleumer, H.O. [1303] Thailand K001143519 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] India K001142098 Yes
Beusekom, C.F., van; Phengkhlai, C.; Geesink, R.; Wongwan, B. [3406] Thailand K001143526 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K001142109 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1368A] India K001142095 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1074] Thailand K001143528 Yes
Herb Griffith [5538] India K001142100 Yes
Herb Gamble, J.S. [322] K001142101 Yes
Haniff, M. [3599] Thailand K001143511 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K001142087 No
s.coll [67] Nepal K001142099 Yes
s.coll [375b] India K001142102 Yes
Haniff, M.; Nur, Md. [4029] Thailand K001143522 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001142107 Yes
s.coll [22493] K001142103 Yes
Put [1031] Thailand K001143525 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9799] India K001142090 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1075] Thailand K001143527 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K001142088 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [9764] India K001142112 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1074] Thailand K001143531 Yes
Gammill, J.A. [s.n.] India K001142094 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9144] Thailand K001143524 Yes
s.coll [307] India K001142092 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19872] Thailand K001143520 Yes
Herb Lack, J.H. [4102] Burma K001142110 Yes
Henderson, M.R. [22884] Malaysia K001143045 Yes
Calder, C.C.; Ramaswani, M.S. [s.n.] India K001142096 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1074] Thailand K001143530 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001142108 Yes
Kerr, A. [s.n.] Thailand K001143513 Yes
Put [3085] Thailand K001143512 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [22665] Burma K001142104 Lectotype Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1074] Thailand K001143529 Yes
Charoenphol, C.; Larsen, K.; Warncke, E. [3546] Thailand K001143517 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K001142085 Yes
s.coll [367] India K001142106 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [1368A] India K001142111 Yes
s.coll [351-12] United Kingdom K001142086 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [36601 [?]] India K001142105 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [322A] India K001142083 Yes
Haniff, M.; Nur, Md. [4029] Thailand K001143521 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [19660] Thailand K001143518 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