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Plants of Hawaii

 Plants of Hawaii
Family Index - Species Index

Dioscoreaceae
Yam family (Monocot)

Includes Taccaceae.

Select Dioscoreaceae known from Hawaii

Images by Forest and Kim Starr (Image use policy).

Dioscorea alata - Uhi (Dioscoreaceae)
Dioscorea alata
Uhi
Dioscorea bulbifera - Bitter yam (Dioscoreaceae)
Dioscorea bulbifera
Bitter yam
Dioscorea pentaphylla - Pia (Dioscoreaceae)
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Pia
Tacca chantrieri - Batflower (Dioscoreaceae)
Tacca chantrieri
Batflower
Tacca leontopetaloides - Pia, Polynesian arrowroot (Dioscoreaceae)
Tacca leontopetaloides
Pia, Polynesian arrowroot

All Dioscoreaceae known from Hawaii

Data from Bishop Museum (BISH) , Google , Smithsonian (NMNH) , National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) , Plants of Hawaii (Starr) , and Yahoo.

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Species Images Information Specimens
Dioscorea alataStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea batatasStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea belophyllaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea bulbiferaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea elephantipesStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea esculentaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculataStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea japonicaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea macrostachyaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea pentaphyllaStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG
Dioscorea sansibarensisStarr, Google, YahooGoogle, BISH, NMNHBISH, NMNH, NTBG

* Native
? Unknown

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