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Botany4

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Raivavae2
Huahine1
Mehetia Island1

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Dioscoreaceae4

Country

French Polynesia4

When collected

1930s1990s

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Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata

BISH 42032

Grant, M.L., 1930
Mehetia Island, French Polynesia

Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata

BISH 42033

Grant, M.L., 1931
Huahine, French Polynesia

Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata

BISH 757624

Sykes, W.R., 1992
Raivavae, French Polynesia

Dioscorea alata

Dioscorea alata

BISH 757627

Sykes, W.R., 1992
Raivavae, French Polynesia

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