Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f. GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Dioscorea

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Nomen number:

476329

Place of publication:

Fl. Brit. India 6:295. 1892

Verified:

09/25/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

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.
Wilkin, P. et al. 2005. A plastid gene phylogeny of the yam genus, Dioscorea: roots, fruits and Madagascar. Syst. Bot. 30:736-749. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bangladesh
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Yunnan Sheng]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand
MALESIA: Malaysia

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=476329. Accessed 1 May 2025.

Taxon: Dioscorea wallichii Hook. f.