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May 2019

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Dioscorea bulbifera 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-0000389411.

Synonyms of Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev. Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 8: 357 1913 wfo-0000389052
Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 19: 293 1931 wfo-0000389419
Dioscorea bulbifera var. crispata (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 1903 wfo-0000389424
Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata (F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 1914 wfo-0000389431
Dioscorea bulbifera var. pulchella (Roxb.) Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 1903 wfo-0000389434
Dioscorea bulbifera var. sativa Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 1903 wfo-0000389439
Dioscorea bulbifera var. suavia Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 1914 wfo-0000389444
Dioscorea bulbifera var. vera Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 1914 wfo-0000389452
Dioscorea crispata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 802 1832 wfo-0000390208
Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 804 1832 wfo-0000390991
Dioscorea hoffa Cordem. Fl. Réunion 159 1895 wfo-0000391123
Dioscorea hofika Jum. & H.Perrier Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille II, 8: 291 1910 wfo-0000391128
Dioscorea korrorensis R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 190 1924 wfo-0000391692
Dioscorea latifolia Benth. Niger Fl. 535 1849 wfo-0000391815
Dioscorea longipetiolata Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 1: 242 1913 wfo-0000392119
Dioscorea perrieri R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 354 1924 wfo-0000393599
Dioscorea pulchella Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 3: 801 1832 wfo-0000394186
Dioscorea rogersii Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 1914 wfo-0000394764
Dioscorea sativa var. elongata F.M.Bailey Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 1902 wfo-0000395007
Dioscorea sylvestris De Wild. Unknown wfo-0000395794
Dioscorea tamifolia Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 17 1805 wfo-0000395874
Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl. Linnaea 17: 608 1843 wfo-0000395934
Dioscorea violacea Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille III, 1: 242 1913 wfo-0000396657
Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 435 1850 wfo-0000439602
Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. 12 1866 wfo-0000500714
Dioscorea sativa f. domestica Makino Somoku-Dzusetsu ed. 3, 4: 1326 1912 wfo-0000794028
Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 1902 wfo-0000794029
Dioscorea bulbifera var. albotuberosa Y.F.Zhou, Z.L.Xu & Y.Y.Hang Novon 18: 555 2008 wfo-0000912229
Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev. ex Jum. Pl. A Tuberc. Alim. 172 1910 wfo-0001045911