PI 18661 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Cultivar:

'Congo'

Origin:

Collected – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 May 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Inventory Volume:

12
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Cultivar:

'Congo'

Origin:

Collected – Puerto Rico, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 May 1906

PI Assigned:

1905

Source History

Collected

Puerto Rico, United States

Collector(s):

USDA

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Congo'

Type: Cultivar name

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	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).

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 22 Apr 1999, from Dioscorea aculeata L. to Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

Agricultural Research Service

Details for: PI 18661, Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill, 'Congo'