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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-241123, with some changes.

H Dioscorea villosa L. 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 241123) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 1033 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318778-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Dioscorea cliffortiana Lam. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex L.C.Beck Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea hexaphylla Raf. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea lloydiana E.H.L.Krause Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea longifolia Raf. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea megaptera Raf. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea paniculata Michx. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea pruinosa Kunth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea quaternata Walter Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. Synonym M TRO
Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) Fernald Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea quinata Walter Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea repanda Raf. [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea sativa L. Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea villosa var. glabra J.Lloyd ex A.Gray Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) S.F.Blake Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W. Stone Synonym L TRO
Dioscorea villosa subsp. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa subsp. hirticaulis (Bartlett) R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E.Ahles Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa var. laeviuscula Alph.Wood Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa subsp. paniculata (Michx.) R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea villosa subsp. quaternata (Walter) R.Knuth Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea waltheri Desf. Synonym H WCSP
Merione villosa (L.) Salisb. Synonym H WCSP

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