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 Specimens

• LT: Hermann, Parad. Bat. pl. 217 (1698); ; LT designated by Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. East Afr., Dioscoreaceae 1-26 (1975)

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:

Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth

Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb.

Projects: Ambatovy , Antioquia , China , Costa Rica , IPCN , Madagascar , Mesoamericana , Nicaragua , Pakistan , Panama , Peru

Common Names:

• aerial yam (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• air potato (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• bulbil-bearing yam (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• eeloom poom paw (Thailand)
  • No References available
• haser kapu, bawla (हासेर कपु बावला) (Birhor, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.
• huang du (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.
• Papa aerea
  • No References available
• Papa caribe
  • No References available
• Papa caribe (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Papa chiricana (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Papa de aire (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• Papa voladora (Costa Rica)
  • No References available
• papa voladora (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.
• potato yam (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• जिमीकंद (Hindi, India, Jharkhand)
  • 2022. A Survey of the Ethnobotanical Knowledge of the Birhoɽ People of India.

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