Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Dioscorea glabra
Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
Dioscorea glabra Roxb. , legitimate, scientific
Roxburgh, W. (1832), Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian Plants, by the late William Roxburgh Edn. 2, 3: 804 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "A native of Silhet."
Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlvii. [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: An Asian taxon, recorded by J.D.Hooker in the introductory essay to Fl. Tasman. 2(2): xlvii (1859), but not known to occur in Australia.