Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea spicata B.Heyne ex Roth

First published in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 371 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India, Sri Lanka, SE. Bangladesh. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka

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.
  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.
  • Viswanathan, M.B. & Manikandan, U. (2008). Rediscovery of Syzygium courtallense (Gamble) Alston (Myrtaceae) and Dioscorea spicata Roth (Dioscoreaceae) from the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in India. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 50: 157-160.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Rahman, M.O. (2004). Second list of angiospermic taxa of Bangladesh not included in Hooker's 'Flora of British India' and Prain's 'Bengal Plants': series I. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 11: 77-82.
  • Viswanathan, M.B. & Manikandan, U. (2008). Rediscovery of Syzygium courtallense (Gamble) Alston (Myrtaceae) and Dioscorea spicata Roth (Dioscoreaceae) from the Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in India. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 50: 157-160.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 1983 Thwaites, G.H.K. [2871] Sri Lanka K000098204 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1983 Thwaites, G.H.K. [2871] Sri Lanka K000098203 Lectotype Yes
Thwaites [CP2203] Sri Lanka K001142633 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Samuel, M.R.A. [3878] Sri Lanka K001142644 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [4441] Sri Lanka K001142642 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. [3103] Sri Lanka K001142648 Yes
Hooper, D.; Ramaswami, M.S. [38644] India K001142637 Yes
Walker [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001142638 Yes
Waas, S. [1670] Sri Lanka K001142667 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5409] Sri Lanka K001142649 Yes
Waas, S. [971] Sri Lanka K001142662 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [3712] Sri Lanka K001142657 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H. [28314] Sri Lanka K001142664 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. [3125] Sri Lanka K001142660 Yes
Walker [1812 [?]] Sri Lanka K001142640 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5407] Sri Lanka K001142645 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Balasubramaniam, S. [5366] Sri Lanka K001142646 Yes
Oates, J.F. [38] India K001142635 Yes
s.coll [233] Sri Lanka K001142665 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Balasubramanian, S. [3230] Sri Lanka K001142656 Yes
Meebold, A.K. [13256] India K001142636 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5580] Sri Lanka K001142653 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Balasubramanian, S. [5312] Sri Lanka K001142655 Yes
Wirawan, N. [622] Sri Lanka K001142641 Yes
Walker [s.n.] Sri Lanka K001142639 No
Alston, A.H.G. [1423] K001142661 Yes
Waas, S. [2051] Sri Lanka K001142663 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. [3184] Sri Lanka K001142654 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Balasubramaniam, S. [3116] Sri Lanka K001142659 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Balasubrmaniam, S.; Wijesinghe, B.M. [3026] Sri Lanka K001142643 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [3712] Sri Lanka K001142658 Yes
s.coll [124] Sri Lanka K001142634 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5533] Sri Lanka K001142651 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M.; Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N. [3126] Sri Lanka K001142647 Yes
Waas, S. [271] Sri Lanka K001142666 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5409] Sri Lanka K001142650 Yes
Jayasuriya, A.H.M. [5579] Sri Lanka K001142652 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

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