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As classified in WFO snapshot

May 2019

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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

This species name was first published in Veg. Erde 9(III 2): 367 (1908)  

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-0000390554.

Synonyms of Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dioscorea elephantopus Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 143 1827 wfo-0000390560
Dioscorea montana (Burch.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 143 1827 wfo-0000392589
Dioscorea testudinaria R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 9 1924 wfo-0000395969
Rhizemys elephantipes (L'Hér.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 26 1838 wfo-0000512997
Rhizemys montana (Burch.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 26 1838 wfo-0000512999
Tamus elephantipes L'Hér. Sert. Angl. 29 1789 wfo-0000568417
Testudinaria elephantipes (L'Hér.) Burch. Trav. S. Africa 2: 147 1824 wfo-0000569023
Testudinaria elephantipes f. montana (Burch.) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 1973 wfo-0000569030
Testudinaria montana Burch. Trav. S. Africa 2: 148 1824 wfo-0000569048
Testudinaria elephantipes (L'Hér.) Dickson wfo-0001045915