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Details for: PI 187125,
Dioscorea bulbifera
L., No. 3
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea bulbifera
L.
Top Name:
No. 3
Origin:
Collected – Federal District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 Mar 1950
PI Assigned:
1950
Inventory Volume:
158
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea bulbifera
L.
Top Name:
No. 3
Origin:
Collected – Federal District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
07 Mar 1950
PI Assigned:
1950
Source History
Collected
Federal District, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Collector(s):
Baldwin, J.T., USDA-ARS, Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
No. 3
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Dioscorea bulbifera
L.
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14186
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Protologue link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359054
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
aerial yam
1
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
English
air-potato
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
bitter yam
1
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
English
cheeky yam
1
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince.
1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
English
potato yam
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French
igname bulbifère
2
Flach, 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.
French
pousse en l'air
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Brotwurzel
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
Yamswurzel
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Hawaiian
hoi
2
Wagner, W. L. et al.
1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i
India
hoei-oepas
2
Watson, J. F.
1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products
Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Spanish
ñame de gunda
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
papa voladora
2
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Swedish
potatisjams
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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