Dioscorea japonica Thunb.

PLANTS OF GUIZHOU, CHINA
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea japónica Thunb.
Jiangkou Xian, Heiwan River on the SE side of the
Fanjing Shan mountain range in the vicinity of the
Ecological Station of the Guizhou Academy of Sciences.
Elevation ca. 560 m
Growing on forested slope, leaves dark green above and
lighter below.
Sino-American Guizhou Botanical Expedition no. 88
20 August 1986
Participants: B. Bartholomew, D. E. Boufford, Q. H. Chen
S. Z. Fang, J. G. Qi, S. A. Spongberg, Z. H. Tsi, Y. L. Tu
P. S. Wang, Y. H. Xiang and T. S. Ying
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