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BISH 117641Botany
Dioscorea alata
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 8950
- Date
- August 11, 1928
- Locality
- Wailau Valley, just mauka of native shacks
- Island
- Molokaʻi
- 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 August 11, 1928, Degener, O. also collected 1 other specimen.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 117641. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956368509. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/117641.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956368509 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026