Dioscorea esculenta

Dioscorea esculenta

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea esculenta

Name

Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill, 1917

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Oncus esculentus Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 194 (1790).
• Homotypic
  • Oncorhiza esculentus (Lour.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 374 (1805).
• Heterotypic
  • Dioscorea aculeata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 800 (1832), nom. illeg.
  • Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 801 (1832).
  • Dioscorea papillaris Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 801 (1837).
  • Dioscorea tugui Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 800 (1837).
  • Dioscorea tiliifolia Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 401 (1850).
  • Dioscorea papuana Warb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 13: 273 (1891).
  • Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 291 (1892), nom. illeg.
  • Dioscorea fasciculata var. spinosa Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
  • Dioscorea aculeata var. spinosa (Prain) Roxb. ex Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 20 (1914).
  • Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 19 (1914).
  • Dioscorea esculenta var. fulvidotomentosa R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 190 (1924).
  • Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (Prain) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 189 (1924).
  • Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet, Micronesica 20: 135 (1978).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asie Regional:Tropical Asie Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Burkina; Cambodia; Caroline Is.; China South-Central; China Southeast; Cook Is.; East Himalaya; Fiji; Hainan; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maldives; Maluku; Marianas; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; New Guinea; Nicobar Is.; Niue; Philippines; Pitcairn Is.; Society Is.; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tonga; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; West Himalaya; Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Burkill, I.H., 1917. Gardens' Bulletin. Straits Settlements ser. 3, 1:396. 1917

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea esculenta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea esculenta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea esculenta. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea esculenta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea esculenta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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