Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea velutipes Prain & Burkill

First published in J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 19 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Central China to N. Thailand. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hang, Y.Y. (2020). Dioscoreaceae in China : color-illustrated Chinese and English bilingual edition: 1-476. Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press.
  • Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Flora of Thailand 10(1): 1-140. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hang, Y.Y. (2020). Dioscoreaceae in China : color-illustrated Chinese and English bilingual edition: 1-476. Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tsiang, Y. [6131] China K001141597 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [5581] Thailand K000098266 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hiep, N.T.; Binh, N.Q.; Averyanov, L.; Cribb, P. [3347] Vietnam K001143665 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0