Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Verified:
08/22/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Al-Shehbaz, I. A. & B. G. Schubert. 1989. The Dioscoreaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 70:73. Note: misapplied to Dioscorea batatas Decne.
- Committee on Stabilization. 1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names. Taxon 24:173.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
- Mukherjee, P. & K. V. Bhat. 2013. Phylogenetic relationship of wild and cultivated yam species (Dioscorea spp.) of India inferred from PCR-RFLP analysis of two cpDNA loci. Pl. Syst. Evol. 299:1587-1597.
- Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:96. Note: = Dioscorea opposita
- Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: mentions
Common names
Transcribed Korean
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Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402570.
Accessed 30 April 2025.