As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2024
latest classification for this taxon
species
Dioscorea alata
This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1033 (1753)
At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000388864.
Literature
Synonyms of Dioscorea alata
Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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Dioscorea alata var. tarri | J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 39 (1914) | wfo-0000388865 | ||
Dioscorea alata var. vera | J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 39 (1914) | wfo-0000388868 | ||
Dioscorea atropurpurea | Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 800 (1832) | wfo-0000389153 | ||
Dioscorea colocasiifolia | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 145 (1892) | wfo-0000389985 | ||
Dioscorea eburina | Fl. Cochinch. : 625 (1790) | wfo-0000390535 | ||
Dioscorea eburnea | Fl. Cochinch. , ed. 2: 767 (1793) | wfo-0000390537 | ||
Dioscorea globosa | Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 797 (1832) | wfo-0000390769 | ||
Dioscorea javanica | Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Agric. Arts Lille , sér. 4, 20: 372 (1894) | wfo-0000391455 | ||
Dioscorea purpurea | Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 799 (1832) | wfo-0000394252 | ||
Dioscorea rubella | Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 798 (1832) | wfo-0000394795 | ||
Dioscorea sapinii | Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 3: 368 (1912) | wfo-0000394981 | ||
Dioscorea vulgaris | Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 572 (1857) | wfo-0000396681 | ||
Elephantodon eburneus | Gen. Pl. : 12 (1866) | wfo-0000406497 | ||
Polynome alata | Gen. Pl. : 12 (1866) | wfo-0000500707 | ||
Dioscorea alata var. globosa | Bengal Pl. 2: 1067 (1903) | wfo-0000803689 | ||
Dioscorea alata var. purpurea | Bull. Écon. Indochine 8: 117 (1950) | wfo-0000909740 | ||
Dioscorea sapinii | – | — | wfo-0001045933 |