Dioscorea_oppositifolia

<i>Dioscorea oppositifolia</i>

Dioscorea oppositifolia

Species of herbaceous vine

For the more widely cultivated yam (D. polystachya) often mislabeled D. oppositifolia or D. opposita, see Chinese yam.

Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).[3][4][5][6]

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Taxonomy

The plant previously called D. opposita is now considered to be the same species as D. oppositifolia.[1] However Dioscorea polystachya is often incorrectly called Dioscorea opposita as well. Botanical works that point out that error may list, e.g., Dioscorea opposita auct. non Thunb. as a synonym of D. polystachya.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. [2]
    Tropicos.org, retrieved 3 February 2016
  3. [3]
    "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  4. [4]
    Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2006). "The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004". Makinoa. New series : bulletin of the Makino Botanical Garden 5: 1-102.
  5. [5]
    Samanta, A.K. (2006). "The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  6. [6]
    Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. [7]
    "Dioscorea polystachya". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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