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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.

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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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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) wfo-0000388832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea acutangula Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5109. [1831-32] wfo-0001352067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea acutanguliflora Steud. ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) Dioscoreac. 266, in syn. 1924 [5 Aug 1924] wfo-0001352068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea angustifolia Lam. Encycl. 3: 233 (1789) wfo-0000389042
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea anoectochilifolius Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 36. 1870 (1870) wfo-1000037008
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea argyrea Verschaff. ex É.Morren Belgique Hort. 11: 219. 1861 (1861) wfo-1000037134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea ayardei Asesor Darwiniana n.s., 9(2): 395. 2021 wfo-1000026748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea bicantaca Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5107. [1831-32] wfo-0001352069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea bisantaca Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 296, in syn. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea boridiensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 42: 163 (1937) wfo-0000389309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea bulbifera var. brachybotryum Y.Y.Hang & Y.F.Zhou J. Pl. Resourc. Environ. 27(2): 105. 2018 wfo-1200002517
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea bulbifera var. bulbifera L. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal n. ser. 10 1914 wfo-0001399658
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea cayenensis var. praehensilis (Benth.) A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 8: 537. 1936 wfo-1200016057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea ceratandra Uline – — wfo-0001045942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea cerubulium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 291. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea chusqueifolia C.Romero, O.Téllez & Bussmann Brittonia 71(4): 354. 2019 wfo-1000031972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea clemensii R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 40: 224 (1936) wfo-0000389938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea collettii var. izuensis (Akahori) Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 198(2): 213. 2021 wfo-1200008162
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea consanguinea Uline – wfo-0001348757
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea crepitans Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5105. [1831-32] wfo-0001352072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea crepitans Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 294. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea cylindrica Burm.f. Fl. Ind. (N. L. Burman) 315. 1768 [1 Mar-6 Apr 1768] wfo-0000390320
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea dallmannensis Hatus. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 56: 425 (1942) wfo-0000390397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea decemangularis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5106. [1831-32] wfo-0001352074
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea decemangularis Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 295. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea dejantiana Lem. Hort. Universel 5: 355 (1844) wfo-0000390465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea deleteria Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunst. 5(Art. 4):13. 1790 wfo-0001352076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea deltoides Wall. – — wfo-0001045918
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea diepenhorstii Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 3: 611. 1861 [Dec 1861] Alternate title: Flora Indiae Batavae,...Supplementum Primum. Prodromus Florae Sumatranae wfo-0001352077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea elliptica Thunb. ex Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30, in syn. 1914 [29 Apr 1914] wfo-0001352079
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea elliptica Thunb. ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) Dioscoreac. 286, in syn. 1924 [5 Aug 1924] wfo-0001352078
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 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 heterandra Uline ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) Dioscoreac. 251 (1924), in syn. wfo-0001352082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea heterandra Uline ex R.Knuth Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 218. 1917 wfo-0001356795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea heteropoda var. subdiffusa Burkill & H.Perrier Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 136. 1951 wfo-1200016069
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea himalaica Hook.f. ex Prain & Burkill Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) xiv. 143 (1936), in syn. wfo-0001352083
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea hurchucia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5107. [1831-32] wfo-0001352084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea hurchusia Ham. & Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 296, in syn. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea hurteri R.Hills & Wilkin Kew Bull. 73(1)-14: 2. 2018 wfo-1000003797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea hybrida hort. ex G.Nicholson Ill. Dict. Gard. 4: 537 (1888) wfo-0000391229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea incrassata Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 295. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea kweichowensis R.Knuth Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 125 (1934) wfo-0000391733
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea lasseri Steyerm. – — wfo-0001045897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea longipedicellata Hoque, Lakshmin. & D.Maity Phytotaxa 367(2): 175. 2018 wfo-1000003798
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea longiracemosa Knechtel – wfo-0001349901
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea magalantha Frisch – — wfo-0001220246
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea magnibracteata T.Clayton ex R.Couto & Cornejo Phytotaxa 542(3): 294. 2022 wfo-1000029957
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea mako H.Perrier Rev. Bot. Appl. 5: 420, 421 1925 — wfo-0001045908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea marmorata hort. ex Bull. Ort. Bot. Napoli xiv. Del. Spor.-Sem.-Fruct. nomen. wfo-0001352087
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea medusae F.Fraga, R.Couto & J.M.A.Braga Phytotaxa 403(2): 132. 2019 wfo-1000031973
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea melanoleuca Linden ex K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 14: 158 (1871) wfo-0000916780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea metallica Hort., acc. to Knuth – wfo-0001348888
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea mourae Uline – — wfo-0001045900
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea narcotica Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 511. 1840 wfo-0001352088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea nentaphylla L. – — wfo-0001045919
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea nipponica var. pubescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 274. 1916 wfo-1200016245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea nullica Buch.-Ham. ex Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 21, in syn. 1914 [29 Apr 1914] wfo-0001352089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea nummulariifolia L. ex Henschel Vita Rumphii 183 (1838), sphalm. wfo-0001352090
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea octangularis Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 296, in syn. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea owenii Prain & Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 63 (1925) wfo-0000393185
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pentaphylla var. javanica Burkill Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 3: 258. 1924 wfo-1200016182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pentaphylla var. mollis Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 4. 1842 wfo-1200016075
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pentaphylla var. sacerdotalis Burkill Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 3: 258. 1924 wfo-1200016062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea perforata Bert. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 152 (1825) wfo-0000393573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea periplocifolia Juss. ex Prain & Burkill Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) xiv. 293 (1939), in syn. wfo-0001352092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pilosula Hemsl. – — wfo-0001232125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea pimichinensis Sandwith Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1940(6): 276. [10 Dec 1940] A correction of D. pichinchensis R. Knuth wfo-0001220635
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea polyclades var. oblongifolia Uline ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. IV, 43: 275. 1924 wfo-1200016137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea polygonoides var. paulensis R.Knuth – wfo-0001391895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea rotundifolia Wall. ex Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 31, in syn. 1914 [29 Apr 1914] wfo-0001352094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea salvadorica Büttner in Mittheil. Afr. Ges. v. 256 (1889), nomen. wfo-0001352095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea scorpioidea C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 8: 74. 1871 [15 Jul 1871] wfo-0000395125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sect. Afroborderea Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 194. 2020 wfo-1000022163
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sect. Perennia Archibald ex Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 194. 2020 wfo-1000022164
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sect. Pseudoshannicorea Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 194. 2020 wfo-1000022165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sect. Pseudostenophora Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 196. 2020 wfo-1000022166
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sect. Tamus (L.) Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 193. 2020 wfo-1000022167
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea septemloba var. sititoana (Honda & Jotani) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 69. 1953 wfo-1200016109
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 sinaloensis O.Téllez Novon 30(1): 9. 2022 wfo-1000029958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sinuata var. crenata Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79. 1867 wfo-1200016113
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sinuata var. integrifolia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79. 1867 wfo-1200016231
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea sinuata var. septemloba Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866: 79. 1867 wfo-1200016225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea speciosa Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 83: 12. 1882 (1882) wfo-1000037111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea spiculata Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 22 (1827) 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 1897 — wfo-0001045905
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea suthni Buch.-Ham. Account Distr. Purnea : 359 (1928) wfo-0000395736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tenuicaulis R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) Dioscoreac. 192, in syn. 1924 [5 Aug 1924] wfo-0001352096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tredecimnervis Pierre ex Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 20, in syn. 1914 [29 Apr 1914] wfo-0001352098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tredecimnervis Pierre ex R.Knuth Pflanzenr. (Engler) Dioscoreac. 189, in syn. 1924 [5 Aug 1924] wfo-0001352097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tunga Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5107. [1831-32] wfo-0001352099
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tunga Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 295, in syn. 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea tuxtlensis Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 231 (1894) wfo-0000396368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea versicolor Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 5106. [1831-32] wfo-0001352101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Dioscorea versicolor Ham. ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(18): 295, in syn. (sphalm versicola). 1892 [Jul 1892] wfo-0001352102