Dioscorea oppositifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea oppositifolia
Name

Dioscorea oppositifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753).
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Dioscorea opposita Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 151 (1784).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Asie
Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1033.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea oppositifolia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea oppositifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea oppositifolia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea oppositifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Chinese yam
español: Dioscorea opposita
italiano: Nagaimo
日本語: ナガイモ
한국어: 마 ລາວ:
lietuvių: Batatinė dioskorėja
polski: Pochrzyn chiński
svenska: Jams
中文: 薯蕷

Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).[3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

The plant previously called D. opposita is now considered to be the same species as D. oppositifolia.[2] However Dioscorea polystachya is often incorrectly called Dioscorea opposita as well. Botanical works that point out that error may list, e.g., Dioscorea opposita auct. non Thunb. as a synonym of D. polystachya.[7]
See also

Dioscorea polystachya
Yam (vegetable)
Dioscorea villosa

References

Tropicos.org, retrieved 3 February 2016
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2006). "The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004". Makinoa. New series : bulletin of the Makino Botanical Garden 5: 1-102.
Samanta, A.K. (2006). "The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
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.

"Dioscorea polystachya". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

Dioscorea batatas - Decne. (Plants For A Future)
Dioscorea opposita (Australian New Crops)
Dioscorea batatas (Australian New Crops)