Details for: PI 449434, Dioscorea sp.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea sp.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea sp.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1980
PI Assigned:
1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Mexico
Locality: Remote areas of Tabasco and Chiapas

Donated
November 1980.
Florida, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
MIA 27050
Type: Inventory

Narrative
Similar to D. composita. Diosgenin content of tubers of parental lines range from 4.4% (males) to 8.0% (females). Leaching of seed with several water changes for a few days may improve germination.
Dioscorea spp.
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:

300191
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Dioscorea
Verified:
05/10/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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