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BISH 117642Botany
Dioscorea alata
Purple yam
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Degener, O.
- Collector number
- 5570
- Date
- July 14, 1927
- Locality
- Keanae Valley, along ditch trail
- Island
- Maui
- 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 July 14, 1927, Degener, O. also collected 6 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 117642. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956402563. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/117642.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956402563 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026