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Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396 (1917)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Dioscoreales
family
Dioscoreaceae
genus
Dioscorea
species
Dioscorea esculenta

Name

Synonyms
Dioscorea aculeata Roxb.
Dioscorea aculeata var. spinosa (Prain) Roxb.
Dioscorea aculeata var. spinosa (Prain) Roxb. ex Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea esculenta subsp. fasciculata (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea esculenta subsp. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet
Dioscorea esculenta var. esculenta
Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata (Roxb.) R.Knuth
Dioscorea esculenta var. fulvidotomentosa R.Knuth
Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa (Prain) R.Knuth
Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliaefolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet
Dioscorea esculenta var. tiliifolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet
Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb.
Dioscorea fasciculata var. spinosa Prain
Dioscorea papillaris Blanco
Dioscorea papuana Warb.
Dioscorea sativa Willd.
Dioscorea sativa Willd. ex Kunth, 1850
Dioscorea spinosa Roxb.
Dioscorea spinosa Roxb. ex Hook.f.
Homonyms
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Common names
Asiatic yam in English
Chinese yam in English
Dioscorée comestible, Igname in French
Dioscorée comestible, Igname in French
Lesser Yam in English
batata de China in Spanish
chinesischer Yam in German
gan shu in language.
hoi ti’a, hoi tika in language.
igname des blancs in French
inhame in language.
inhame-de-São in Portuguese
lesser yam in English
lesser yam in English
småjams in Swedish
ដំឡូងជ្វាព្រៃ in Central Khmer
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