Biology:Dioscorea oppositifolia

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Short description: Species of herbaceous vine

Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dioscorea oppositifolia-1-sanyasi malai-yercaud-salem-India.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:
D. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Dioscorea oppositifolia
L.
Synonyms[2]
  • Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill[1]
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India , Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).[3][4][5][6]

Taxonomy

The plant previously called D. opposita is now considered to be the same species as D. oppositifolia.[2] However Dioscorea polystachya is often incorrectly called Dioscorea opposita as well. Botanical works that point out that error may list, e.g., Dioscorea opposita auct. non Thunb. as a synonym of D. polystachya.[7]

See also

References

  1. Tropicos.org, http://www.tropicos.org/Name/100181591, retrieved 3 February 2016 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=240599. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 
  3. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" (in en-GB). http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240599. 
  4. Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2006). "The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004". Makinoa. New series : bulletin of the Makino Botanical Garden 5: 1-102.
  5. Samanta, A.K. (2006). "The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census". Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  6. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  7. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Dioscorea polystachya | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?14241 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 12 August 2014 }}

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1196309 entry