Dioscorea nipponica Makino

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Hubei

• Locality

  Shennongjia Forest District: between Mucheng and Hongriwan construction camp along the Mengjia River.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1000 m. (3281 ft.)

• Coordinates

  31.5, 110.5

• Location Notes

  [Northern Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Dioscorea nipponica Makino var.
rosthomii Prain & Burkill
Shennongjia Forest District (31°3(KN; 110°3(K£):
between Mucheng and Hongriwan con-
struction canp along the Msngjia
River. Elevation ca. 1000 meters.
Vine with purple-green stems;
graving at base of Acer davidii.
Fruits yellcwish-green.
1980 Sino-Amcr. Exped. No. 537 1 September 1980
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (om); A. L.
Chang (kun); Z. Cheng (wuhan inst. bot.); T. R. Dudley
(na); S. A He (nas); Y. X. Jin (wuhan inst. bot.); O. Y. Li
(wh); J. L. Luteyn (ny); S. A. Spongberg (a); Y. C. Tang
(pe); J. X. Wan (wuhan inst. bot.); and T. S. Ying (pe).
Expedition conducted under the auspices of Academia Sinica & the
Botanical Society of America with funding by Academia	&
support from the National Geographic Society.
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