Details for: PI 54048, Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Origin:

Collected – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

23 Jul 1921

PI Assigned:

1921

Inventory Volume:

68
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Origin:

Collected – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

23 Jul 1921

PI Assigned:

1921

Source History

Collected

England, United Kingdom

Collector(s):

Durham, H.E., Dunelm

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Genus:

Dioscorea

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Nomen number:

14241

Place of publication:

Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 10(7):158. 1837

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41314106

Verified:

03/24/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea batatas Decne.
Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière

Invalid Designation(s)
Dioscorea opposita auct.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese yam		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Chinese-potato	as Dioscorea batatas	1	Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 Note: = Dioscorea batatas
English	cinnamon-vine	as Dioscorea batatas	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Dioscorea batatas
French	igname	as Dioscorea batatas	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Dioscorea batatas
German	chinesische Yamswurzel	as Dioscorea batatas	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: = Dioscorea batatas
Japanese Rōmaji	naga-imo	as Dioscorea batatas	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Dioscorea batatas
Swedish	jams		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	shan yao	as Dioscorea batatas	2	American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce Note: = Dioscorea batatas
Transcribed Chinese	shu yu		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 24 Mar 2006, from Dioscorea batatas Decne. to Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.