Dioscorea bulbifera L.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Hawaii

• County/Municipio

  Kauai Co.

• Locality

  On the island of Kauai, along the Hanapepe River, near the falls

• Coordinates

  21.9869, -159.528

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  11158

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Coordinates of Hanapepe River near Manawaiopuna Falls (on shore) were located. Geographic radial was approx as the distance between coordinates and farthest extent of the river (11150 m). Final uncertainty was found using the MaNIS Georef. Calc.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PLANTS OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
OOLLEOTED ON THE I8LAND OF KAUAI, ALONG THE HANAPEPE
RIVER, NEAR THE FALLS,
By A. A. Heller, August 14, 1895.
Dioscorea satiya L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1463. 1763.
This species with its peculiar, potato-like rhizome,
mon on the heights of Pauoa, Oahu. On Kauai, it is
common in Hanapepe valley. 'Although hundreds of plants
were seen, only , a few were found in flower, but all, except
those in flower, bore bulbs which form in the axils of the
leaves. These bulbs are often an inch and a half in diameter.
August 14 (2728), original locality, “in Indiis.”
HERBARIUM
COLUMBI* UNIVERSITY,
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