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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-240117, with some changes.

H Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 240117) with original publication details: Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396 1917.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30332005-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Dioscorea aculeata Roxb. [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea aculeata var. spinosa (Prain) Roxb. ex Prain & Burkill Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea esculenta var. fulvidotomentosa R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (Prain) R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea fasciculata var. spinosa Prain Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea papillaris Blanco Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea papuana Warb. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f. [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Wall. Synonym M TRO
Dioscorea tiliifolia Kunth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea tugui Blanco Synonym H WCSP
Oncorhiza esculentus (Lour.) Pers. Synonym H WCSP
Oncus esculentus Lour. Synonym H WCSP

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