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824 publications from 1992 to 2026 — 340 readable to the page, 11,529 pages of text searchable by species, place or word.
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3 matches for “Dioscorea alata”
2000
2000-021
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘iStaples, 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
Read33 pp.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
Read484 pp.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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