Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 43

Authors:

Linnaeus, Carl von

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1033. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Type-Protologue

Distribution: Sri Lanka, cultivated in Mexico

Type Specimens

• ST: Anon.; no date; Sri Lanka, Herman 2:23
• ST: none cited; no date; Linnaean HB. 1184.2

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Dioscoreales Mart.
• family:  !!Dioscoreaceae R. Br.
• genus:  !!Dioscorea L.

Other names for this basionym:

Polynome alata (L.) Salisb.

Projects: Antioquia , Bolivia , China , Costa Rica , IPCN , Madagascar , Madidi Checklist , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Panama , Peru , VPA

Common Names:

• ɖura haser (डुरा हासेर) (Birhor, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.
• ñame (Spanish)
  • Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1-543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
• Ñame blanco (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Ratalu Purple Yam (English, United States)
  • No References available
• shen shu (Pinyin, China)
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2000. Flora of China (Flagellariaceae through Marantaceae). 24: 1–431. In C. Y. Wu, P. H. Raven & D. Y. Hong (eds.) Fl. China. Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing & St. Louis.
• Ube (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• पाहादकंदा, छुपरी आउ (Hindi, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.

Keywords: FCC, FM, FNA, FTEA, FVG, MAD, IPCN