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Details for: PI 198609,
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam.
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam.
Origin:
Collected – Brazil
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Inventory Volume:
159
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam.
Origin:
Collected – Brazil
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
02 Nov 1951
PI Assigned:
1951
Source History
Collected
Brazil
Collector(s):
Clayton, Temple, Shering Corporation
Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam.
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14189
Place of publication:
Encycl. 3:233. 1789
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721668
Verified:
05/12/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam. subsp.
cayenensis
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam. var.
cayenensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea occidentalis
R. Knuth
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
attoto yam
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
Lagos yam
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:660.
English
twelve-months yam
1
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English
yellow Guinea yam
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
yellow yam
1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
German
gelbe Yamswurzel
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)
cará-do-Pará
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
12 May 2005, from
Dioscorea occidentalis
R. Knuth to
Dioscorea cayenensis
Lam.
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