Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea coriacea Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

First published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 794 (1806)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. South America to Venezuela. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders and as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
  • Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck., S.G. (eds.) (2013). Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127: 1-1741. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Castro, C. (Proveedor de metadatos), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). Versión 11.0. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Linares, E.L., Galeano, G., García, N. & Figueroa, Y. (2008). Fibras vegetales utilizadas en artesanías en Colombia. Artesanías de Colombia S.A. , Instituto de Ciencias Naturales-Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Germán Torres-Morales (Originador, Editor), Laura Nova (Originador), Jhon Estupián (Editor), Lina García (Contacto del recurso). Lista de especies de plantas y murciélagos de la cuenca del río Claro, Antioquia. 2746 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_rioclaro_faunaflora_201

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Dawe, M.T. [826] Colombia K001150603 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 Lewis, G.P.; Merino, B.; Lozano, P.; Ollgaard, B.; et al [2849] Ecuador K001150191 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3174] Ecuador K001150375 Yes
Balls, E.K. [B7531] Colombia K001150352 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [4814] Colombia K001150358 Yes
Bernardi [1250] Venezuela K001150363 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] K001150349 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3220] Ecuador K001150374 Yes
Triana, J.J. [s.n.] Colombia K001150346 Yes
Herb. Kuntze, C.E.O. [1634] Venezuela K001150361 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [6031] Colombia K001150357 Yes
Meier, W.; Mostacero, J.; Borjas, P. [6454] Venezuela K001150367 Yes
Glenn, A.; Bussmann, R.W.; Ocaña, C.V.; Chait, G.; Monigatti, M. [570] Peru K001553471 Yes
Plowman, T.C. [2161] Colombia K001150350 Yes
Fleming, V. [143] Ecuador K001150370 Yes
s.coll [934] Colombia K001150347 Yes
Grubb, P.J.; Curry, B.A.B.; Fernandez-Perez, A. [694] Colombia K001150351 Yes
Grisar [s.n.] Ecuador K001150371 Yes
Holton, I.F. [137] Colombia K001150348 Yes
Fendler, A. [1541] Venezuela K001150355 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3220] Ecuador K001150372 Yes
Meier, W.; Mostacero, J.; Borjas, P. [6498] Venezuela K001150368 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [7552] Colombia K001150360 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [s.n.] Ecuador K001150359 Yes
Meier, W.; Rudolph, K.; Seubert, E. [1433] Venezuela K001150364 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Klitgaard, B.B. [2237] Ecuador K001150376 Yes
Fendler, A. [1541] Venezuela K001150354 Yes
André, É.F. [s.n.] Colombia K001150353 Yes
Lehmann, F.C. [K372] Colombia K001150356 Yes
Meier, W. [1611] Venezuela K001150365 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001150369 Yes
Lewis, G.P.; Klitgaard, B.B. [2237] Ecuador K001150377 Yes
Steyermark, J.A.; Rabe, M. [97309] Venezuela K001150362 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001150379 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3220] Ecuador K001150373 Yes
Meier, W.; Mostacero, J.; Borjas, P. [6443] Venezuela K001150366 Yes
Lewis, G.P. [3012] Ecuador K001150378 Yes
Smith, H.H. [2299] Colombia Dioscorea frutescens K000099261 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants of Boyacá Project

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/