BISH 643897Botany
Dioscorea alata
Purple yam
As recorded: Dioscorea alata L.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Dioscoreales › Dioscoreaceae
- Collected by
- Florence, J.
- Collector number
- 11097
- Date
- February 23, 1992
- Locality
- Punaauia - Vallee de la riviere Vaiaoa. Crete Nord
- Island
- Tahiti
- Region
- French Polynesia
- Coordinates
- -17.6500, -149.5670
- Elevation
- 420 m
- Identified by
- Florence, J.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On February 23, 1992, Florence, J. also collected 8 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Dioscorea alata. BISH 643897. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956143507. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/643897.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956143507 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026