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Dioscorea Plum. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1032 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000011843.

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Dioscorea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea aculeata L. Sp. Pl. 1033 1753 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000388832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea angustifolia Lam. Encycl. 3: 233 1789 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000389042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea antucoana Uline – — wfo-0001045890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea boridiensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 163 1937 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000389309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea calyculata J.D.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 20: 295 1895 — wfo-0000389532
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea ceratandra Uline – — wfo-0001045942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea clemensii R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 224 1936 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000389938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea cylindrica Burm.f. Fl. Indica 315 1768 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000390320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea dallmannensis Hatus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 425 1942 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000390397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea debilis Uline – — wfo-0001045892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea dejantiana Lem. Hort. Universel 5: 355 1844 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000390465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea deltoides Wall. – — wfo-0001045918
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea fiebrigii R. Knuth – — wfo-0001045893
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea fructiflexa Kunth Pflanzenr. 4(43): 235 235 1924 — wfo-0001250193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea glomerata Hauman – — wfo-0001045956
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea gracilis Hook. & Arn. – — wfo-0001045894
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea hybrida G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 537 1888 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000391229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea ionophylla Uline – — wfo-0001045895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea kweichowensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 125 1934 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000391733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea lasseri Steyerm. – — wfo-0001045897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea lundii Uline – — wfo-0001045898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea magalantha Frisch – — wfo-0001220246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea mako H. Perrier Rev. Bot. Appl. 5: 420, 421 420 1925 — wfo-0001045908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea melanoleuca Linden ex K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 158 1871 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000916780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea melastomatifolia Uline – — wfo-0001045899
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea mourae Uline – — wfo-0001045900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea nentaphylla L. – — wfo-0001045919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea orthogoneura Uline – — wfo-0001045901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea owenii Prain & Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 63 1925 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000393185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea perforata Bertero ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 152 1825 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000393573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pilosula Hemsl. – — wfo-0001232125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pimichinensis R. Knuth ex C.I. Sandwith Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940: 276 276 1940 — wfo-0001220635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea planistipulosa Uline – — wfo-0001045902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sellowiana Uline – — wfo-0001045904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sercea Kunth – — wfo-0001045944
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea shimperana Hochst. ex Kunth – — wfo-0001045888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea spiculata Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 22 1827 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000395480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea spiralis Lem. Hort. Universel 5: 355 1844 — wfo-0000395531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sprucei Uline Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5): 84 84 1897 — wfo-0001045905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sumbawensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 38: 119 1935 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000395702
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea suthni Buch.-Ham. Account Distr. Purnea 359 1928 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000395736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tuxtlensis Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. ed. 2: 231 1894 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000396368