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Taxon: Dioscorea opposita auct.

Synonym of Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Genus: Dioscorea
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number: 409038
Comment: non Dioscorea opposita Thunb., an illegitimate, superfluous name (Vienna ICBN Art. 52) (= D. oppositifolia L.)
Name verified on: 24-Mar-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Feb-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [accepts].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. [= D. batatas Decne.].
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
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Check other web resources for Dioscorea opposita auct.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?409038 (18 May 2013)

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