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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. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 8: 357 (1913) wfo-0000389052
Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 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 , sér. 2, 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 , sér. 3, 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 tamifolia Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 17 (1805) wfo-0000395874
Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl. Linnaea 17: 608 (1843) wfo-0000395934
Dioscorea violacea Baudon Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille , sér. 3, 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. Tubercul. Aliment. 172 (1910), in obs., nomen. wfo-0001045911
Dioscorea bulbifera var. brachybotryum Y.Y.Hang & Y.F.Zhou J. Pl. Resourc. Environ. 27: 105 (2018) wfo-1200002517
Dioscorea sativa f. spontanea Makino Phan. Pter. Jap. Icon. 2: t. 81-82 (1902) wfo-1200031816
Dioscorea bulbifera f. domestica (Makino) Makino & Nemoto Fl. Japan , rev. ed.: 1585 (1931) wfo-1200031817
Dioscorea bulbifera var. heterophylla (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 14: 117 (1936) wfo-1200031822