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Dioscorea altissima Lam. is an accepted name

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

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 239755) with original publication details: Encycl. 3: 231 1789.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323906-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Dioscorea balsapuertensis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea calcarea R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea chondrocarpa Griseb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea hoehneana R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea maranonensis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea nitida R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea poeppigii Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea rajanioides Uline ex R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea revillae Ayala	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea riparia Kunth & R.H.Schomb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea samydea Griseb.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea samydea var. corcovadensis Uline ex R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea samydea var. cordovadensis Uline	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Dioscorea samydea var. poeppigii (Kunth) Ayala	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Rajania cordata Vell.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-239755.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed