BISH 111948Botany

Dioscorea esculenta

As recorded: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae

Collected by: Yuncker, T.G.
Collector number: 9649
Date: January 15, 1940
Locality: along Hakupu road
Island: Niue Island
Region: Niue
Elevation: 65 m
Identified by: Neal, M.C.
Record type: Preserved specimen

47 Bishop specimens of Dioscorea esculenta · collected 1865–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On January 15, 1940, Yuncker, T.G. also collected 21 other specimens.

Dioscorea esculenta observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1940. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 18 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-10-19.

2025-10-19

台灣高雄市鼓山區高雄

(c) 蔣孟, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2025-07-25

623台灣嘉義縣溪口鄉

(c) 方伊琳(阿鈣), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-09-28

臺灣島, 內門區, KHH, TW

(c) ssnp023, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-29

Kaohsiung, TW

(c) Liu JimFood, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-06-14

臺灣島, 內埔鄉, PIF, TW

(c) bingboat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-12-28

959台灣台東縣東河鄉都蘭村

(c) 陳豊鍾, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Dioscorea esculenta. BISH 111948. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956347243. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/111948.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956347243 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026