⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-240636, and has not been changed.

Dioscorea papuana Ridl. is a synonym of Dioscorea elegans Ridl. ex Prain & Burkill

This name is a synonym of Dioscorea elegans Ridl. ex Prain & Burkill.

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym and as an illegitimate name (record 240636) with original publication details: Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 227 1916.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318378-1.