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Dioscorea villosa 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-0000396542.

Synonyms of Dioscorea villosa L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Dioscorea cliffortiana Lam. Encycl. 3: 232 (1789) wfo-0000389944
Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex L.C.Beck Bot. North. Middle States : 355 (1833) wfo-0000390761
Dioscorea hexaphylla Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837) wfo-0000391014
Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 17 (1910) wfo-0000391058
Dioscorea lloydiana E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 331 (1914) wfo-0000392057
Dioscorea longifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837) wfo-0000392106
Dioscorea megaptera Raf. New Fl. 2: 88 (1837) wfo-0000392382
Dioscorea paniculata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 239 (1803) wfo-0000393248
Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 189: 15 (1910) wfo-0000393255
Dioscorea pruinosa Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 338 (1850) wfo-0000394099
Dioscorea quaternata Walter Fl. Carol. : 246 (1788) wfo-0000394438
Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) Fernald Rhodora 39: 399 (1937) wfo-0000394445
Dioscorea quinata J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 581. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791] wfo-0000394454
Dioscorea repanda Raf. New Fl. 2: 89 (1837) wfo-0000394640
Dioscorea sativa L. Sp. Pl. : 1033 (1753) wfo-0000395000
Dioscorea villosa var. glabra J.Lloyd ex A.Gray Manual , ed. 7: 297 (1908) wfo-0000396574
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey : 358 (1912) wfo-0000396579
Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 49 (1918) wfo-0000396585
Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald Rhodora 39: 401 (1937) wfo-0000396589
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 173 (1924) wfo-0000396599
Dioscorea villosa subsp. hirticaulis (Bartlett) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 173 (1924) wfo-0000396610
Dioscorea villosa var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E.Ahles J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172 (1964) wfo-0000396619
Dioscorea villosa var. laeviuscula Alph.Wood Class-book Bot. , ed. 2: 544 (1847) wfo-0000396628
Dioscorea villosa subsp. paniculata (Michx.) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 173 (1924) wfo-0000396637
Dioscorea villosa subsp. quaternata (Walter) R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 43: 173 (1924) wfo-0000396646
Dioscorea waltheri Desf. Tabl. École Bot. , ed. 2: 269 (1815) wfo-0000396716
Merione villosa (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl. : 12 (1866) wfo-0000471455
Dioscorea villosa f. villosa wfo-0001045935
Dioscorea villosa var. villosa wfo-0001045937
Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone Pl. S. New Jersey 358 1912 wfo-0001243885
Dioscorea quinata Walter Fl. Carol. : 246 (1788) wfo-1200031795