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BISH 111890Botany

Dioscorea esculenta

As recorded: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae

Collected by
St.John, H.; Fosberg, F.R.F. Raymond Fosberg →Harold St.John →
Collector number
16842
Date
September 4, 1934
Locality
Anapoto, edge of wooded elevated coral.
Island
Rimatara
Region
French Polynesia
Elevation
5 m
Identified by
Burkill, I.H.
Record type
Preserved specimen
47 Bishop specimens of Dioscorea esculenta · collected 1865–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 4, 1934, St.John, H.; Fosberg, F.R. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Dioscorea esculenta. BISH 111890. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956292993. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/111890.

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