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Taxon: Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

Genus: Dioscorea
Family: Dioscoreaceae.
Nomen number: 402570
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1033. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 22-Aug-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India; Sri Lanka

References:

  • Al-Shehbaz, I. & B. Schubert. 1989. J. Arnold Arbor. 70:73. [misapply to D. batatas Decne.].
  • Committee on Stabilization. 1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names. Taxon 24:173.
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [mentions].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Dioscorea oppositifolia L.:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402570 (09 February 2010)

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