Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae)

Dioscorea bulbifera
(Dioscoreaceae)

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Species description or overview	Taxonomy & nomenclature	Impacts	Images	Voucher specimens
Distribution	Cited as invasive (on a list)	Books	Full-text articles	Bibliography

Species description or overview

Dioscorea bulbifera information from PIER
Information on Dioscorea bulbifera as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Dioscorea bulbifera
Nomenclatural information about Dioscorea bulbifera is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Dioscorea bulbifera
Nomenclatural information about Dioscorea bulbifera is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Dioscorea bulbifera
Nomenclatural information about Dioscorea bulbifera is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Dioscorea bulbifera as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) (bitter yam)
Links to high-resolution free images of Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) (bitter yam) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands info for Dioscorea bulbifera
Smithsonian Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and D. H. Lorence. 2005-. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm [accessed Apr 2006])

Dioscorea bulbifera images from PIER
Images of Dioscorea bulbifera provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Voucher specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Dioscorea bulbifera from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Dioscorea bulbifera from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Distribution

Cited as invasive (on a list)

2007 FLEPPC invasive plant list

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2007 List of Invasive Plant Species focus includes adverse effects exotic pest plants have on Florida's biodiversity and plant communities.

Books

Weed handbook of Western Polynesia

Whistler, W. Arthur. 1983. Weed handbook of Western Polynesia. Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft f#r Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. ISBN: 3-88085-227-8. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition)
Langeland, K.A., H.M. Cherry, C.M. McCormick, and K.A. Craddock Burks. 2008. Identification and biology of nonnative plants in Florida's natural areas (second edition). The University of Florida IFAS Communication Services (Gainesville). 193+ pp. illus. ISBN: 978-0-916287-70-2. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Full-text articles

Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research

Stone, Charles P., Clifford W. Smith, and J. Timothy Tunison (eds.) 1992. Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: Management and research. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit. ISBN: 0-8248-1474-6. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Acevedo-Rodriguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: an illustrated field guide to the native, naturalized or commonly cultivated vines and lianas of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Illustrated by Bobbi Angell. 483 pages. ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida
Langeland, K.A. and R.L. Stocker. (1997-)2001. Control of non-native plants in natural areas of Florida. SP 242, one of a series of the Department of Agronomy, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First printed: 1997. Revised: April, 2001. ISBN: (unknown or N/A). ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

Bibliography

References for Dioscorea bulbifera
Bibliographic references for Dioscorea bulbifera are provided by HEAR.

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