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3 matches for “Dioscorea alata”

  1. 2000

    2000-021

    Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i

    Staples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.

    p. 23Disperal Syndrome 1 Comments 2 Dilleniaceae Dillenia suffruticosa B 36:425, 481 Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea alata W 1:111 Dioscorea bulbifera A V 36:183 Dryopteridaceae Cyrtomium falcatum

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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  2. 2025

    2025-010

    Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]

    p. 40turmeric] Only in cultivation 1 None listed in Pukui & Elbert (1986) Monocot Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea alata L. [uhi, ube, winged yam] Only in cultivation 9 Kagawa-Viviani

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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  3. 2019

    2019-003

    Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)

    Imada, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 69. 203 pp.

    p. 50Pacificum Staff 1996:4 (NEWNAT/H); Strong & Wagner 1997:48 (H, KEY, DESCR) Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea alata L. pol Non ‐ naturalized Polynesian introduction; Wagner et al. 1990:1437; Staples & Herbst

    Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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