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Details for: PI 97820,
Dioscorea esculenta
(Lour.) Burkill, No. 2878
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea esculenta
(Lour.) Burkill
Top Name:
No. 2878
Origin:
Collected – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 1932
PI Assigned:
1932
Inventory Volume:
110
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea esculenta
(Lour.) Burkill
Top Name:
No. 2878
Origin:
Collected – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Mar 1932
PI Assigned:
1932
Source History
Collected
15 February 1932.
Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Comment:
1931-32 Allison V. Armour Expediton
Collector(s):
Royal Botanic Gardens
Dorsett, Palemon Howard, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Fairchild, David Grandison, USDA - Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 2878
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Dioscorea esculenta
(Lour.) Burkill
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14204
Place of publication:
Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. ser. 3, 1:396. 1917
Verified:
03/09/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Oncus esculentus
Lour.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea aculeata
L.
Dioscorea fasciculata
Roxb.
Invalid Designation(s)
Dioscorea sativa
auct.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Asiatic yam
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
Chinese yam
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
lesser yam
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
French
igname des blancs
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
chinesischer Yam
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
inhame-de-São
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
batata de China
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
småjams
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
gan shu
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
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