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BISH 117636Botany
Dioscorea alata
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.; Nitta, K.Otto Degener →Koichi Nitta →
- Collector number
- 5563
- Date
- August 14, 1928
- Locality
- Wailau; east side of valley
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- Region
- Hawaii, United States
- Coordinates
- 21.1321, -156.8215 ± 3,554 m
- Identified by
- Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H.; Wagner, W.L.Derral R. Herbst →Seymour H. Sohmer →Warren L. Wagner Jr. →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 117636. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956359876. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/117636.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956359876 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026