⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-240732, and has not been changed.

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. 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 240732) with original publication details: Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 7: 158 1837.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318443-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Dioscorea batatas Decne.	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea batatas f. clavata Makino	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea batatas f. daikok Makino	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea batatas f. flabellata Makino	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea batatas f. rakuda Makino	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea batatas f. tsukune Makino	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea cayennensis var. pseudobatatas Hauman	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea rosthornii Diels	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe	Synonym		WCSP