Native to 31 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Ireland, New Zealand North (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 20, 2003

Location

Italy, Tuscany (Monticiano)

43.128056, 11.264167

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Basso Merse

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

June 8, 2005

Location

Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)

42.6625, 44.619722

Location Remarks

Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Dioscoreales

Family

Dioscoreaceae

Genus

Dioscorea

Specific Epithet

communis

Authorship

(L.) Caddick & Wilkin

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.5

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

0.5

Global rank

#88,562 of 335,497

Top 27%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →