Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea galeottiana Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 5: 409 (1850)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Tenorio, G.C.; Manriquez, G.I. [3068] Mexico K001148887 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [646] Mexico K001148891 Yes
Lyonnet, E. [33] Mexico K001148896 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al [17419] Mexico K001148894 Yes
Sánchez Garcia, E.; Tenorio, G.C.; Manriquez, G.I. [154] Mexico K001148900 Yes
Schaffner [494] Mexico K001148890 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [2395] Mexico K001148893 Yes
Sánchez Garcia, E.; Tenorio, G.C.; Manriquez, G.I. [207] Mexico K001148898 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [1024] Mexico K001148889 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [646] Mexico K001148892 Yes
Sánchez Garcia, E.; Tenorio, G.C.; Manriquez, G.I. [207] Mexico K001148897 Yes
Galeotti, H.G. [5487] Mexico K000098982 Type Yes
Matuda, E. [[30152]] Mexico K001148895 Yes
Bourgeau, M. [739] Mexico K001148888 Yes
Sánchez Garcia, E.; Tenorio, G.C.; Manriquez, G.I. [154] Mexico K001148899 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4260] Mexico Dioscorea convolvulacea var. galeottiana K001148886 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [11710] Mexico Dioscorea convolvulacea var. galeottiana K001148885 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4890] Mexico Dioscorea lobata K001148906 Yes
Lyonnet, E. [650] Mexico Dioscorea lobata K001148907 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images