Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea

Dioscorea villosa L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ontario to Central & E. U.S.A. It is a climbing rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

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.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humbodlt (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. (2014). Plantas alimenticias y medicinales nativas de Colombia. 2567 registros, aportados por: Castellanos, C. (Contacto del recurso), Valderrama, N. (Creador del recurso, Autor), Bernal, Y. (Autor), García, N. (Autor). http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=ls_colombia_magnoliophyta_2014
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Burkill, I.H. [585] United States K001148808 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148802 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M., Chase,M. & Fay,M. [6510] United States K001069117 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148795 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [498] United States K001148816 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148773 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United States K001148782 Yes
Peter, R. [s.n.] K001148803 Yes
s.coll [7233] United States K001148781 Yes
Riehl [420] United States K001148796 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7992] United States K001148789 Yes
James, J.F. [2862] United States K001148778 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] K001148797 Yes
James, J. [2862] United States K001148779 Yes
Chase, V.H. [15310] United States K001148774 Yes
Blake, S.F. [9421] United States K001148798 Yes
Herb Hookerianum [s.n.] United States K001148785 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2184] United States K001148812 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148804 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] K001148788 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United States K001148776 Yes
Macoun [1502] Canada K001148810 Yes
Schuette, J.H. [s.n.] United States K001148801 Yes
Herb Forsyth [s.n.] K001148786 Yes
Stevens, G.W. [2665] United States K001148811 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [1192] United States K001148813 Yes
French, G.H. [2862] United States K001148780 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [1192] United States K001148791 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [498] United States K001148817 Yes
Fernald, M.L. [14813] United States K001148792 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United States K001148809 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H. [10211] United States K001148815 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [8475] United States K001148790 Yes
Herb Hookerianum [s.n.] United States K001148784 Yes
Bromfield [s.n.] United States K001148799 Yes
Gramt. L.H. [s.n.] United States K001148777 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] K001148793 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United States K001148806 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] United States K001148794 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [s.n.] K001150849 Yes
s.coll [364a] United States K001148814 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148783 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148787 Yes
Frank [s.n.] United States K001148800 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148775 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001148805 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [585] United States K001148807 Yes
Burkill, I.H. [s.n.] K001150850 Yes
Soper, J.H.; McCallum, D. [2294] United States Dioscorea villosa f. glabrifolia K001148818 Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [2162 bb] India Dioscorea sativa K001143019 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 5108] Burma Dioscorea sativa K001104825 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108] Dioscorea sativa K001104819 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108] India Dioscorea sativa K001104822 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5108] Bangladesh Dioscorea sativa K001104823 Unknown Type Material Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 5108] Dioscorea sativa K001104820 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gomez, W. [Cat. no. 5108] Burma Dioscorea sativa K001104824 Unknown Type Material Yes
Biswas, K. [4214] India Dioscorea sativa K001143018 Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 5108] Malaysia Dioscorea sativa K001104821 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0