- Family: Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
- Genus: Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
Dioscorea villosa L.
- Genus: Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into:
Cuba, Leeward Is.
- Dioscorea cliffortiana Lam.
- Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex L.C.Beck
- Dioscorea hexaphylla Raf.
- Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett
- Dioscorea lloydiana E.H.L.Krause
- Dioscorea longifolia Raf.
- Dioscorea megaptera Raf.
- Dioscorea paniculata Michx.
- Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett
- Dioscorea pruinosa Kunth
- Dioscorea quaternata var. glauca (Muhl. ex L.C.Beck) Fernald
- Dioscorea repanda Raf.
- Dioscorea sativa L.
- Dioscorea villosa var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) S.F.Blake
- Dioscorea villosa subsp. glabrifolia (Bartlett) W.Stone
- Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald
- Dioscorea villosa var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E.Ahles
- Dioscorea villosa var. laeviuscula Alph.Wood
- Dioscorea waltheri Desf.
- Merione villosa (L.) Salisb.
Dioscorea villosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
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James, J.F. [2862], USA | K001148778 | |||
Chase, V.H. [15310], USA | K001148774 | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001148773 | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001148775 | |||
s.coll [s.n.], USA | K001148776 | |||
s.coll [7233], USA | K001148781 | |||
s.coll [s.n.], USA | K001148782 | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001148783 | |||
Gramt. L.H. [s.n.], USA | K001148777 | |||
James, J. [2862], USA | K001148779 | |||
French, G.H. [2862], USA | K001148780 | |||
Soper, J.H. [2294], USA | Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia | K001148818 | ||
Hohenacker, R.F. [2162 bb], India | Dioscorea sativa | K001143019 | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5108], Myanmar | Dioscorea sativa | K001104825 | ||
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 5108], Malaysia | Dioscorea sativa | K001104821 | ||
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5108], Myanmar | Dioscorea sativa | K001104824 | ||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5108] | Dioscorea sativa | K001104820 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108] | Dioscorea sativa | K001104819 | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108], India | Dioscorea sativa | K001104822 | Unknown type material | |
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108], Bangladesh | Dioscorea sativa | K001104823 | ||
Biswas, K. [4214], India | Dioscorea sativa | K001143018 | ||
Montero, O.G. [254], Chile | Dioscorea longifolia | K001150665 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753)
Accepted by
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
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