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December 2024

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Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.

This species name was first published in Hort. Belge 4: 99 (1837)  

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-0000392433.

Synonyms of Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dioscorea anconensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 28: 82 (1930) wfo-0000389016
Dioscorea astrostigma Uline Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 431 (1896) wfo-0000389136
Dioscorea bilbergiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 354 (1850) wfo-0000389280
Dioscorea deamii Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 60 (1953) wfo-0000390425
Dioscorea deppei Schiede ex Schltdl. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 890 (1843) wfo-0000390489
Dioscorea leiboldiana Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 355 (1850) wfo-0000391920
Dioscorea macrophylla M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 392 (1842) wfo-0000392191
Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. Pl. Hartw. : 73 (1841) wfo-0000392194
Dioscorea macrostachya var. sessiliflora Uline Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 22: 424 (1896) wfo-0000392213
Dioscorea mexicana var. sessiliflora (Uline) Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 24: 285 (1954) wfo-0000392442
Dioscorea propinqua Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 359 (1884) wfo-0000394078
Dioscorea tuerckheimii R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 203 (1917) wfo-0000396353
Testudinaria cocolmeca Procop. Bot. Centralbl. 49: 201 (1892) wfo-0000569015
Testudinaria macrostachya (Benth.) G.D.Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973) wfo-0000569038