Dioscorea alata
Purple yam
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Christophersen, E.
- Collector number
- 2964
- Date
- October 26, 1931
- Locality
- Salailua
- Island
- Savaii
- Region
- Samoa
- Elevation
- 75 m
- Identified by
- Christophersen, E.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 26, 1931, Christophersen, E. also collected 23 other specimens.
Alyxia bracteolosa
Botany
Basidiomycota
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Didymocheton maota
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Didymocheton maota
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Dioscorea alata
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Dioscorea alata
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Dioscorea alata
Botany
Dioscorea alata
Botany
Heterostemma samoense
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Heterostemma samoense
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Kleinhovia hospita
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Macaranga stipulosa
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Macropiper puberulum
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Macropiper puberulum
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Nephrolepis obliterata
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Nicotiana tabacum
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Nicotiana tabacum
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Nicotiana tabacum
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Piper graeffei
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Rhaphidophora spuria
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Rhaphidophora spuria
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Saccharum officinarum
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Saccharum officinarum
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Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 111921. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956552729. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/111921.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956552729 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026