Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Japan, Honshu, Pref. Shizuoka: Mt. Takakusa-yama, Uchinoya, Okabe-cho, Shida-gun
Field Collection Date
04 Sep 2006
Field Collection Notes
A mountain 5km from the seashore of the Pacific Ocean and facing the sea. Perennial herb, veins [vines] climbing on shrub at sunny place on hill slope, flowers pale green, broadly distributed from central Honshu to China, Malaysia and India. The 21st Century Flora of Japan Exsiccata, Fascicle 5, No. 13. ex TNS
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
34.90022, 138.31486 (± 1 km)
138.31486, 138.31486 (± 1 km)
Last Update
04 Aug 2020
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