The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1.1 of The Plant List has been superseded and should no longer be used.

The new version is available at http://www.worldfloraonline.org/tpl/kew-240604. The new version is enhanced, using more data sources including Taxonomic Expert Networks and will be more frequently updated.

H Dioscorea orbiculata Hook.f. 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 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 240604) with original publication details: Fl. Brit. India 6: 292 1892.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318350-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Dioscorea orbiculata var. orbiculata Synonym L WCSP

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Synonyms
Dioscorea orbiculata var. tenuifolia (Ridl.) Thapyai Accepted L WCSP 1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-240604.

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