Dioscorea oppositifolia

Dioscorea oppositifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: D. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Dioscorea oppositifolia
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dioscorea opposita Thunb
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

The plant correctly called D. opposita is now considered to be the same species as D. oppositifolia.[1] However, a plant often called Dioscorea opposita is a different species, correctly called Dioscorea polystachya. Botanical works that point out that error may list, e.g., Dioscorea opposita auct. non Thunb. as a synonym of D. polystachya.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ↑ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  4. ↑ Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy, entry for D. polystachya". Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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