Synopsis of specimens examined – Dioscorea

1. Dioscorea alata L.

Western Nepal: Bajhang (Sudur Paschim Province).

Central Nepal: Kaski, Lamjung, Palpa (Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Kavrepalanchok, Lalitpur (Bagmati Province).

2. Dioscorea belophylla Voigt ex Haines

Western Nepal: Kailali, Kanchanpur (Sudur Paschim Province).

Central Nepal: Palpa (Gandaki Province); Dhading, Makwanpur (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Siraha (Madhesh Province); Dhankuta, Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung (Koshi Province).

3. Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Western Nepal: Bajhang, Dadeldhura, Doti, Kailali, Kanchanpur (Sudur Paschim Province);

Dailekh, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Salyan, Surkhet (Karnali Province); Banke, Bardia, Dang, Pyuthan, Rolpa, Rukum (Lumbini Province).

Central Nepal: Palpa, Rupandehi (Lumbini Province), Gorkha, Kaski, Mustang, Myagdi, Parbat,

Syanja (Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Dhading, Dolakha, Kathmandu, Kavrepalanchowk, Makwanpur, Sindhuli (Bagmati Province).

4. Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb.

Western Nepal: Baitadi, Bajhang, Bajura, Darchula (Sudur Paschim Province); Dailekh, Dolpa,

Jumla, Mugu (Karnali Province); Banke, Bardiya, Dang, Rolpa (Lumbini Province).

Central Nepal: Kapilvastu, Palpa (Lumbini Province); Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung, Manang, Mustang

(Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur, Nuwakot, Ramechhap, Rasuwa (Bagmati Province).

5. Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Central Nepal: Mustang (Gandaki Province).

6. Dioscorea glabra Roxb.

Western Nepal: Kailali (Sudur Paschim Province); Surkhet (Karnali Province); Banke (Lumbini Province).

Central Nepal: Palpa (Lumbini Province); Gorkha, Kaski (Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Dhading, Kathmandu, Nuwakot (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Dhankuta, Okhaldhunga, Panchthar (Koshi Province).

7. Dioscorea hamiltonii Hook.f.

Central Nepal: Palpa (Lumbini Province); Kaski, Lamjung (Gandaki Province); Dhading (Bagmati Province).

8. Dioscorea hispida Dennst.

Central Nepal: Baglung, Gorkha, Kaski, Lamjung (Gandaki Province); Dhading, Kathmandu, Rasuwa (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Ilam (Koshi Province).

9. Dioscorea kamoonensis Kunth

Western Nepal: Bajhang, Dadeldhura (Sudur Paschim Province); Jajarkot (Karnali Province).

Central Nepal: Kaski, Nawalparasi (Gandaki Province); Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Makwanpur (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Dhankuta, Khotang, Panchthar, Udayapur (Koshi Province).

10. Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill

Western Nepal: Doti (Sudur Paschim Province); Jajarkot (Karnali Province).

Central Nepal: Gorkha, Lamjung (Gandaki Province); Makwanpur, Ramechhap (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Sankhuwasabha (Koshi Province).

11. Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

Western Nepal: Kanchanpur (Sudur Paschim Province); Bardiya, Pyuthan, Rolpa (Lumbini Province).

Central Nepal: Manang, Parbat (Gandaki Province); Dhading, Kathmandu, Makwanpur, Sindhuli (Bagmati Province).

Eastern Nepal: Dhankuta (Koshi Province).

12. 12. Dioscorea prazeri Prain & Burkill

Central Nepal: Palpa (Lumbini Province); Mustang (Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Dhading,

Dolakha, Nuwakot (Bagmati Province).

13. Dioscorea pubera Blume

Western Nepal: Banke, Bardiya (Lumbini Province).

Central Nepal: Palpa (Lumbini Province); Nawalpur (Gandaki Province); Chitwan, Dolakha (Bagmati Province).