Dioscorea polystachya

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, 2^nd 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