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December 2024

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Dioscorea alata L.

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.

Synonyms of Dioscorea alata L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dioscorea alata var. tarri Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 39 (1914) wfo-0000388865
Dioscorea alata var. vera Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 39 (1914) wfo-0000388868
Dioscorea atropurpurea Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 800 (1832) wfo-0000389153
Dioscorea colocasiifolia Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 145 (1892) wfo-0000389985
Dioscorea eburina Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 625 (1790) wfo-0000390535
Dioscorea eburnea Lour. Fl. Cochinch. , ed. 2: 767 (1793) wfo-0000390537
Dioscorea globosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 797 (1832) wfo-0000390769
Dioscorea javanica Queva Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Agric. Arts Lille , sér. 4, 20: 372 (1894) wfo-0000391455
Dioscorea purpurea Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 799 (1832) wfo-0000394252
Dioscorea rubella Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 798 (1832) wfo-0000394795
Dioscorea sapinii De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 3: 368 (1912) wfo-0000394981
Dioscorea vulgaris Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 572 (1857) wfo-0000396681
Elephantodon eburneus (Lour.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 12 (1866) wfo-0000406497
Polynome alata (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 12 (1866) wfo-0000500707
Dioscorea alata var. globosa (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1067 (1903) wfo-0000803689
Dioscorea alata var. purpurea (Roxb.) A.Pouchet Bull. Écon. Indochine 8: 117 (1950) wfo-0000909740
Dioscorea sapinii De Wildemann wfo-0001045933