Details for: PI 54054, Dioscorea bulbifera L., 'St. Vincent'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Cultivar:
'St. Vincent'
Origin:
Collected – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Jul 1921
PI Assigned:
1921
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Cultivar:
'St. Vincent'
Origin:
Collected – Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
19 Jul 1921
PI Assigned:
1921
Source History
Collected

Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'St. Vincent'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:

14186
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Verified:
05/12/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Dioscorea bulbifera f. domestica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea latifolia Benth.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishaerial yam  1Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Englishair-potato  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishbitter yam  1Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Englishcheeky yam  1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Englishpotato yam  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchigname bulbifère  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) 9:85-89.
Frenchpousse en l'air  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBrotwurzel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanYamswurzel  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Hawaiianhoi  2Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
Indiahoei-oepas  2Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products
Portuguese (Brazil)inhame  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishñame de gunda  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpapa voladora  2Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Swedishpotatisjams  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 11 Sep 1997, from Dioscorea latifolia Benth. to Dioscorea bulbifera L.
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