Bulbils; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Foliage and infructescences; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Inflorescence and bulbil; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Identifier: 1686
Date of entry: 20.05.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Liliopsida (389)
Order: Liliales (108)
Family: Dioscoreaceae (13)(family description)
Genus: Dioscorea (11)
Epithet: glabra Roxb. (7)
Synonyms: Dioscorea hongkongensis Uline ex R.Knuth, Dioscorea nummularia Roxb., Dioscorea siamensis R.Knuth
glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare
hongkongensis => of or from Hong Kong
nummularia => round and flat, like a coin
siamensis => of Siam
Climate: tropical
Habit: liana
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