Dioscorea villosa L. belongs to the Dioscoreaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Dioscorea villosa, Davidson, C 13030--North Carolina. Graham Co. Joyce Kilmer Mem. For. 17 May 2015. DSC06075 (55).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Dioscoreales
Family
Dioscoreaceae
Genus
Dioscorea
Specific Epithet
villosa
Authorship
L.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 6.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.6
Global rank
#79,131 of 335,497
Top 24%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
United States, North Carolina, Graham
35.358611, -83.930278
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek. 659 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
