Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea bartlettii C.V.Morton

First published in Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 242 (1936)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bampton, S.S. [1] Belize K001148879 Yes
Gentle, P.H. [2391] Belize K001148875 Yes
Arvigo, R.; Cocon, R.; Romero, P.; Shropshire, G. [758] Belize K001148874 Yes
Matuda, E. [3669] Mexico K001148876 Yes
Arvigo, R.; Cocom, P.; Cocom, P.; Romero, N.; et al [527] Belize K001148880 Yes
Bampton, S.S. [1A] Belize K001148881 Yes
Bampton, S.S. [1] Belize K001148878 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