Dioscorea bulbifera
air potato
As recorded: Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Florence, J.
- Collector number
- 4367
- Date
- December 9, 1982
- Locality
- Route Toovii- Terre deserte, km 6,5 après le col
- Island
- Nuku Hiva
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -8.8667, -140.1667
- Elevation
- 1,010 m
- Identified by
- Wagner, W.L.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On December 9, 1982, Florence, J. also collected 16 other specimens.
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Hypolepis tenuifolia
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Machaerina mariscoides
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Macropiper latifolium
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Pipturus tooviianus
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Premna serratifolia
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Pterophylla marquesana
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Santalum insulare
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Cite this specimen
Dioscorea bulbifera. BISH 554250. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956664721. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/554250.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956664721 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Longitude sign looks reversed
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