Details for: PI 47493, Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Origin:

Collected – Singapore

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

17 Apr 1919

PI Assigned:

1919

Inventory Volume:

59
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Origin:

Collected – Singapore

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

17 Apr 1919

PI Assigned:

1919

Source History

Collected

Singapore

Collector(s):

Burkill, I.H., Department of Agriculture - Singapore

Accession Names and Identifiers

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	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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