Details for: PI 62866, Dioscorea alata L.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea alata L.
Origin:
Collected – Virgin Islands, U.S., United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1925
PI Assigned:
1925
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea alata L.
Origin:
Collected – Virgin Islands, U.S., United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
18 Mar 1925
PI Assigned:
1925
Source History
Collected

St. Croix District, Virgin Islands, U.S., United States

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Dioscorea alata L.
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:

14175
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Verified:
05/12/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea rubella Roxb.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgreater yam  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishGuyana arrowroot  1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Englishten-months yam  1Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Englishwater yam  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishwhite yam  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishwinged yam  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishyam  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchgrande igname  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchigname ailée  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchigname de Chine  2Flach, M. & F. Rumawas, eds. 1996. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 9:90.
Germangeflügelter Yam  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanwasser Yamswurzel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)cará  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)cará branco  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)cará roxo  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame branco  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame de São Tomé  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame roxo  2Siqueira, M. V. B. M. et al. 2014. Distribution, management and diversity of yam local varieties in Brazil: a study on Dioscorea alata L. Brazil. J. Biol. 75:104-113. DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.08313.
Spanishñame blanco  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishñame de agua  2Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Spanishtabena  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishstorjams  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 20 Sep 1995, from Dioscorea spp. to Dioscorea alata L.
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