Dioscorea tokoro Makino ex Miyabe belongs to the Dioscoreaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Boufford 43946

August 8, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Nagano (Kiso)

35.652556, 137.602389

Location Remarks

C. 3 km from Highway 19 on local road Yomikaki, into Kakizore Ravine. 666 m.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Deciduous forest on a steep roadbank. Vine by the roadside.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Dioscorea

Specific Epithet

tokoro

Authorship

Makino ex Miyabe

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#221,748 of 335,497

Top 67%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →