Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea stegelmanniana R.Knuth

First published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 203 (1917)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil to Bolivia. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Peru

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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • 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. (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

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2017 Sasaki, D. [1531] Brazil K000579754 Yes
Jan 1, 2017 s.coll [1860] Brazil K001150063 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Steinbach, J. [3297] K001150512 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Bang, M. [2577] Bolivia K001150431 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 s.coll [s.n.] Brazil K001150064 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Klug, G. [2986] Peru K001150432 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Klug, G. [4097] Peru K001150574 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Demuner, V.; Bausen, E.; Pizziolo, W.; de Fraga, C.n.; Kollmann, L.; Ramagna, R.V. [1163] Brazil K001171683 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Demuner, V.; Bausen, E.; Pizziolo, W.; de Fraga, C.n.; Kollmann, L.; Ramagna, R.V. [1163] Brazil K001171722 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Sucre, B.D. [98] Brazil K001150571 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 s.coll [s.n.] Brazil K001150062 Yes
Apr 1, 2015 Hayes, S. [726] Panama K000099184 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Fraga, C.N.; Frozza, R.C.; Amorim, A.M.; Daneu, L. [2519] Brazil K001171751 Yes
Nov 1, 1994 Ule, E. [9178] Brazil K000099102 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1984 White, O.E. [2014A] Bolivia K000099185 Isotype Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Atahuachi, M.; Mendoza, M. [20638] Bolivia K001150430 Yes
Marquete, R. [1695] Brazil K001590741 Yes
Sucre, D.; Soderstron, T. [9057] Brazil K001590765 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • 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