Dioscorea polystachya

Dioscorea polystachya

Dioscorea polystachya, aerial tubers

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea polystachya

Name

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz., 1837

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Dioscorea batatas Decne., Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 3: 243 (1854).
  • Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1865: 111 (1865).
  • Dioscorea doryphora Hance, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 244 (1866).
  • Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe, J. Bot. 20: 359 (1882).
  • Dioscorea rosthornii Diels, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 261 (1900).
  • Dioscorea batatas f. clavata Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea batatas f. daikok Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea batatas f. flabellata Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea batatas f. rakuda Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea batatas f. tsukune Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
  • Dioscorea cayenensis var. pseudobatatas Hauman, Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 27: 488 (1915).
  • Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 243 (1933).
  • Dioscorea polystachya f. elongata Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 13: 54 (1937).
  • Dioscorea polystachya f. tsukune Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 13: 54 (1937).
  • Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter, Fl. Ilustr. Urug. 1: 235 (1943).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Asie China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Japan; Korea; Kuril Is.; Nansei-shoto; Taiwan; Tennessee; Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Turczaninow, N.S., 1837. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Moscow 10(7):158.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea polystachya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea polystachya in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea polystachya. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea polystachya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea polystachya in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Chinese Yam
Esperanto: Dioscorea polystachya
日本語: ナガイモ
한국어: 마 (식물)
lietuvių: Dioscorea polystachya
polski: Pochrzyn chiński
svenska: Jams
中文: 山药, 署预, 薯蕷, 山芋, , 薯药, 淮山药, 淮山, 怀山, 野山豆, 野脚板薯, 長山藥, 面山药

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