Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Brit. India 6: 295 (1892)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to China (W. Yunnan) and Peninsula Malaysia. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states. Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.
  • 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.
  • Wilkin, P., Thapyai, C. & Chayamarit, K. (2007). Lectotypification of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) names from Thailand. Kew Bulletin 62: 251-258.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Contu, S. (2009). Dioscorea wallichii. In: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2011.2. < www.iucnredlist.org> (accessed 11 March 2012).
  • Edison, S. et al. (2006). Biodiversity of Tropical Tuber Crops in India. National Biodiversity Authority, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • Maneenoon, K., Sirirugsa, P. & Sridith, K. (2008). Ethnobotany of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae), a major food plant of the Sakai Tribe at Banthad Range, Peninsular Thailand. Ethnobotany Research and Applications 6: 385–394.
  • Prain, D. & Burkill, I. H. (1938). An account of the genus Dioscorea in the East, Part 2: The species which twine to the right. Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Calcutta 14: 211–528.
  • Sinha, R. & Lakra, V. (2005). Wild tribal food plants of Orissa. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 4: 246–252.
  • Ting, C. & Gilbert, M. G. (2000). Dioscoreaceae. In: Flora of China.
  • Wilkin, P. & Thapyai, C. (2009). Dioscoreaceae. In: Flora of Thailand, ed. T. Santsuk & K. Larsen, pp. 1–140, The Forest Herbarium, Bangkok.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). Dioscorea wallichii. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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?
Sep 1, 1990 Haines, H.H. [5118] India K000401026 Yes
Sep 1, 1990 Haines, H.H. [2463] India K000401024 Yes
Sep 1, 1990 McClelland [s.n.] Burma K000401022 Yes
Nov 28, 1989 Hansen, B.; Smitinand, T. [12752] Thailand K000401055 Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Gomez, W. [5708] Burma K000098209 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Clarke, C.B. [20369] India K000098208 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Lace, J.H. [5469] Burma K000401035 Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Haines, H.H. [695] India K000401033 Yes
Wilkin, P. [921] Thailand K000401043 Yes
Wilkin, P. [912] Thailand K000401041 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [808] Vietnam K000401057 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K000401027 Yes
Keenan, R.L. [s.n.] India K000401031 Yes
Haines, H.H. [CN 695 a] India K000401016 Yes
Haines, H.H. [693] India K000401014 No
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P.; Paton, A.; Muasaya, A.; Esser, H. [1049] Thailand K000401053 Yes
Meebold, A.K. [10900] India K000401034 Yes
Haines, H.H. [693] K001142676 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [42291 A] K000401025 Yes
Hooker, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] Bangladesh K000401030 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2452] India K000401017 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [16244] Thailand K000401040 Yes
s.coll [1441] India K000401029 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2432] India K000401018 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K000401020 Yes
Boyce, P.C. [808] Vietnam K000401056 Yes
Wilkin, P., et al. [1026] Thailand K000401054 Yes
s.coll [R 11067] K001142677 Yes
Wilkin, P. [921] Thailand K000401044 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1078] Thailand K000401048 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P.; Paton, A.; Muasaya, A.; Esser, H. [1050] Thailand K000401050 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1070] Thailand K000401047 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P.; Paton, A.; Muasaya, A.; Esser, H. [1050] Thailand K000401051 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [[15375]] India K000401023 Yes
Wilkin, P. [933] Thailand K000401046 Yes
Haines, H.H. [690] India K000401015 Yes
Haines, H.H. [496] India K000401032 Yes
Wilkin, P. [921] Thailand K000401045 Yes
Narayavaswami, V. [611] India K000401028 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K000401021 Yes
Wilkin, P.; Suddee, S.; Puudjaa, P. [1072] Thailand K000401052 Yes
Wilkin, P, et al. [1041] Thailand K000401049 Yes
Fernandes, J. [1007] India K001142678 Yes
Wilkin, P. [912] Thailand K000401042 Yes
Fernandez, J. [1007] India K000401037 Yes

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