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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2022

Warning: older classification

genus

Dioscorea Plum. ex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1032 (1753)  

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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Dioscorea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Botryosicyos Hochst. Flora 27(Bes. Beil. Bd. 1): 3. 1844[1844]. wfo-4000005109
Helmia Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 414 (1850) wfo-4000017292
Testudinaria Salisb. Trav. S. Africa 2: 147 (1824) wfo-4000037843
Raja Burm. Pl. Amer. : 148 (1758) wfo-4000043764
Ricophora Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000043765

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link