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BISH 25643Botany
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Fiveleaf Yam
As recorded: Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Womersley, J.S.
- Collector number
- NGF 19061
- Date
- January 21, 1964
- Locality
- Dengalu, Bulolo
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -7.1667, 146.6670
- Elevation
- 1,067 m
- Identified by
- (Nom. rev.) James, S.A.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On January 21, 1964, Womersley, J.S. also collected 5 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea pentaphylla. BISH 25643. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956533264. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/25643.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956533264 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026