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BISH 117635Botany
Dioscorea alata
Purple yam
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Handy, E.S.
- Collector number
- s.n.
- Date
- September 3, 1931
- Locality
- Hawaii
- Island
- Hawaiʻi Island
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Staples, G.W.Derral R. Herbst →George W. Staples III →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On September 3, 1931, Handy, E.S. also collected 1 other specimen.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 117635. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956329425. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/117635.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956329425 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026