Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
Distribution
Native to:
China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea, Kuril Is., Primorye, Taiwan
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Japan, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nansei-shoto, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, West Himalaya, West Virginia
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Dioscorea batatas Decne. in Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 4, 3: 243 (1854)
- Dioscorea batatas f. clavata Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
- Dioscorea batatas f. daikok Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
- Dioscorea batatas f. flabellata Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
- Dioscorea batatas f. rakuda Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
- Dioscorea batatas f. tsukune Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912), nom. nud.
- Dioscorea cayenensis var. pseudobatatas Hauman in Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 27: 488 (1915)
- Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière in Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1865: 111 (1865)
- Dioscorea doryphora Hance in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 244 (1866)
- Dioscorea polystachya f. elongata Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 13: 54 (1937)
- Dioscorea polystachya f. tsukune Nakai in J. Jap. Bot. 13: 54 (1937)
- Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 243 (1933)
- Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter in Fl. Ilustr. Urug. 1: 235 (1943)
- Dioscorea rosthornii Diels in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 261 (1900)
- Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe in J. Bot. 20: 359 (1882)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
- 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.
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
- Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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s.coll [s.n.], Vanuatu | K001150832 | Yes | |||
s.coll [s.n.] | K001150833 | Yes | |||
Swinhoe, R. [33], Taiwan | Dioscorea doryphora | K000098133 | holotype | Yes | |
Henry, A. [1922], Taiwan | Dioscorea doryphora | K001141745 | Yes | ||
Henry, A. [1922], Taiwan | Dioscorea doryphora | K001141746 | Yes | ||
s.coll [583] | Dioscorea doryphora | K001141741 | Yes | ||
Henry, A. [1672], Taiwan | Dioscorea doryphora | K001141744 | Yes | ||
Henry, A. [878], Taiwan | Dioscorea doryphora | K001141743 | No | ||
Potanin, G.N. [sn], China | Dioscorea potaninii | K000098149 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Wilson, E.H. [2922], China | Dioscorea potaninii | K001141749 | Yes | ||
Wang, F.T. [22242], China | Dioscorea potaninii | K001141748 | Yes | ||
Schindler, A.K. [143], China | Dioscorea potaninii | K001141747 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images