Dioscorea oppositiflora Griseb.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Hubei

• Locality

  Shennongjia Forest District: NE of Guanmenshan along the S side of the Shicao River.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1150 m. (3773 ft.)

• Coordinates

  31.5, 110.5

• Location Notes

  [Northern Asia]

• Distribution

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OTANICAL (jARDEN
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (cm); A. L.
Chang (kün); 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 die auspices of Academia Sinica & the
Botanical Society of America with funding by Academia Sinica &
support from the National Geographic Society.
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1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
(syn.: D. opposita Thunberg)
Shennongjia Forest District (31°3(KN; 110°30'E):
NE of Guanmenshan along the S side
of the Shicao River. Elevation
ca. 1150 meters. Twining vine.
1980 Sino-Amer. Exped. No. 802 8 Septeirfoer 1980
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