Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea baya De Wild.

First published in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 357 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

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.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2009). Flora Zambesiaca 12(2): 1-208. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Burkill in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 15 39 (1939).
  • De Wild.  in Bull. Jard. Bot. État 4: 328 (1914).
  • De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, sér.5, : 357, t.51.1 (1912);
  • Milne-Redhead in F.T.E.A., Dioscoreaceae: 13 (1975).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Burkill in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 15: 391 (1939).
  • De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 357, t. 52 (1912).
  • R. Knuth in A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich IV. 43: 301 (1924).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Wilde, J.J.F.E., de [8228] Cameroon K000809782 Yes
s.coll [1616] K001147448 Yes
Leonard [399] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146502 Yes
Eggeling, W.G. [372] Uganda K001147449 Yes
Germain, R.G.A. [8124] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809784 Yes
Klaine, R.P. [3234] Gabon K001146493 Yes
Louis [6684] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809981 Yes
s.coll [2173] Uganda K001147451 Yes
Louis [10250] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809787 Yes
Louis [9667] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809980 Yes
Germain, R.G.A. [8439] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146494 Yes
s.coll [3923] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146496 Yes
Dümmer, R. [859] Uganda K001147447 Yes
s.coll [2173] K001147450 Yes
Robyns, F.H.E.A.W. [4260] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809788 Yes
Thomas, N.W. [2796] Sierra Leone K000809780 Yes
Louis [9649] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146500 Yes
Eggeling, W.J. [160] Uganda K000809965 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M.; Berg, C.C. [9808] Cameroon K000809996 Yes
Lebrun [5746] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146498 Yes
Callens, H. [3923] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146497 Yes
Staner [1338] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146495 Yes
Louis [12173] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146501 Yes
Louis [9649] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809785 Yes
Louis, J.L.P. [12173] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K001146499 Yes
Harris, D.J.; Fay, J.M. [1193] Central African Republic K000809783 Yes
Holmes, W.D. [H1250] Zambia K001148288 Yes
Dubois, L. [985] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809786 Yes
Harley, W.J. [573] Liberia K001146040 Yes
Louis [4053] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000809979 Yes
s.coll [5] Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146043 Yes
s.coll [6] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146047 Yes
Wilde, W.J.J.O., de [323] Cote d'Ivoire Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K000809781 Yes
s.coll [2] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146045 Yes
s.coll [1] Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146050 Yes
s.coll [2] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146046 Yes
s.coll [1] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146049 Yes
Hall, J.B. [43318] Ghana Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K000759315 Yes
s.coll [5] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146042 Yes
s.coll [6] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146048 Yes
s.coll [14] Ghana Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K000809999 Yes
s.coll [1] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146041 Yes
s.coll [5] Nigeria Dioscorea baya var. kimpundi K001146044 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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