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Dioscorea pentaphylla
As recorded: Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 15772
- Date
- July 31, 1934
- Locality
- Ahurei
- Island
- Rapa
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 31, 1934, St.John, H. also collected 24+ other specimens.
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Asparagus officinalis
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Borago officinalis
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Cichorium endivia
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Cucurbita pepo
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Cynara scolymus
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Dioscorea
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Dioscorea
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Dioscorea alata
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Euphorbia hirta
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Galinsoga parviflora
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Ipomoea batatas
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Lactuca sativa
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Ocimum basilicum
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Pandanus tectorius
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Dioscorea pentaphylla observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 94 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-01.
2026-10-01
Pune, Maharashtra, IN
(c) Sandeep Suryavanshi, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-20
Waialae - Kahala, Honolulu, HI, USA
no rights reserved
2026-09-18
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, IN
(c) Swastik Guha, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-14
732台灣臺南市白河區關嶺里99-5號
(c) Ah Jin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-23
(c) Esther Chiu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-08-13
Lantau Island
no rights reserved
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea pentaphylla. BISH 11898. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956316235. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/11898.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956316235 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026