Dioscorea villosa

Dioscorea villosa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea villosa

Name

Dioscorea villosa L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1033. 1753.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Merione villosa (L.) Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866).
• Heterotypic
  • Dioscorea sativa L., Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753), nom. cons.
  • Dioscorea quaternata Walter, Fl. Carol.: 246 (1788).
  • Dioscorea quinata Walter, Fl. Carol.: 246 (1788).
  • Dioscorea cliffortiana Lam., Encycl. 3: 232 (1789).
  • Dioscorea paniculata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 239 (1803).
  • Dioscorea waltheri Desf., Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 269 (1815).
  • Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex L.C.Beck, Bot. North. Middle States: 355 (1833), pro syn.
  • Dioscorea hexaphylla Raf., New Fl. 2: 89 (1837).
  • Dioscorea longifolia Raf., New Fl. 2: 89 (1837).
  • Dioscorea megaptera Raf., New Fl. 2: 88 (1837).
  • Dioscorea repanda Raf., New Fl. 2: 89 (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Dioscorea villosa var. laeviuscula Alph.Wood, Class-book Bot., ed. 2: 544 (1847).
  • Dioscorea pruinosa Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 338 (1850).
  • Dioscorea villosa var. glabra J.Lloyd ex A.Gray, Manual, ed. 7: 297 (1908).
  • Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 17 (1910).
  • Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett, Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 15 (1910).
  • Dioscorea villosa subsp. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone, Pl. S. New Jersey: 358 (1912).
  • Dioscorea lloydiana E.H.L.Krause, Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 331 (1914).
  • Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 20: 49 (1918).
  • Dioscorea villosa subsp. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
  • Dioscorea villosa subsp. hirticaulis (Bartlett) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
  • Dioscorea villosa subsp. paniculata (Michx.) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
  • Dioscorea villosa subsp. quaternata (Walter) R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 173 (1924).
  • Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) Fernald, Rhodora 39: 399 (1937).
  • Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald, Rhodora 39: 401 (1937).
  • Dioscorea villosa var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E.Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172 (1964).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America Alabama; Arkansas; Connecticut; Cuba; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Leeward Is.; Louisiana; Maryland; Masachusettes; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Nebraska; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Pennsylvania; Rhode I.; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Vermont; Virginia; West Virginia; Wisconsin References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1033.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea villosa 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 villosa 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 villosa. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea villosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea villosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

magyar: Ideggyökér, mexikói jamgyökér

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