Dalechampia dioscoreifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841.Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich & Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica 3: 20 in LatinTropicos, Dalechampia dioscoreifolia Poepp. It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, northern Brazil, Bolivia, and possibly Ecuador).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesStevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroWebster, G. L. & W. S. Armbruster. 1991. A synopsis of the neotropical species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105(2): 137–177.
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