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Dioscorea L.

Search in Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)

Search in African Plants Database at Geneva Botanical Garden

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1032–1034. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Synonymy

Botryosicyos Hochst.
Oncus Lour.

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/10/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Taxon Profile (Last Modified On 8/3/2012)

Reference(s):

Burkill, I. H. & H. P. Bathie. 1950. Dioscoreacees. Fl. Madagasc. 44: 1–78.
Wilkin, P., F. Rakotonasolo, P. Schols & C. Furness. 2002. A new species of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) from Western Madagascar and its pollen morphology. Kew Bull. 57: 901–909.
Wilkin, P., W. P. Andrianantenaina, V. Jeannoda & A. Hladik. 2008. The species of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) from Madagascar with campanulate tori, including a new species from Eastern Madagascar. Kew Bull. 63(4): 583, 1–2.
Haigh, A., P. Wilkin & F. Rakotonasolo. 2005. A new species of Dioscorea L. (Dioscoreaceae) from western Madagascar and its distribution and conservation status. Kew Bull. 60(2): 273–281, Fig. 1–3.
Weber, O., P. Wilkin & F. Rakotonasolo. 2005. A new species of edible yam (Dioscorea L.) from western Madagascar. Kew Bull. 60(2): 283–291, Figs. 1–3.
Wilkin, P., A. Hladik, V. Jeannoda & O. Weber. 2009. The threatened edible yams of the Dioscorea sambiranensis R.Knuth species complex (Dioscoreaceae): a new species and subspecies. Adansonia, sér. 3, 31(2): 249–266.
Wilkin, P. & Randriamboavonjy. 2012. Nomenclatural changes in yams of Madagascar (Dioscorea: Dioscoreaceae). Kew Bull. 67: 63–67.

Generic Distribution: Not Endemic to the Malagasy Region

Generic Species Diversity and Endemism Status: has not yet been evaluated

No. of species in Fl. Madagasc.: 27 (23 endemic, 2 indigenous non-endemic, 2 naturalised)

Accepted Published Species: 35 (30 endemic, 3 indigenous non-endemic, 2 naturalised)

Estimated Undescribed Species: not yet evaluated

Estimated Total Species: 35 (30 endemic, 3 indigenous non-endemic, 2 naturalised)

Species Level Data Entry: Complete

Notes: D.alata and D.esculenta are cited as cultivated in Mrs Jeannoda's HDR.

Compiled or updated by: N. Manjato (13 Apr. 2012)

Lower Taxa

Dioscorea acarophyta De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea acuminata Baker
Dioscorea alatipes Burkill & H. Perrier
Dioscorea analalavensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea anchietae Harms ex R. Knuth = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea antaly Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea apiculata De Wild. = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea arcuatinervis Hochr.
Dioscorea armata De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea bako Wilkin
Dioscorea bararum H. Perrier = Dioscorea acuminata Baker
Dioscorea beccariana Martelli = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea bemandry Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea bemarivensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea bosseri Haigh & Wilkin
Dioscorea brevispicata De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea buckleyana Wilkin
Dioscorea burkilliana J. Miège
Dioscorea cryptantha Baker = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea decaryana H. Perrier
Dioscorea demeusei De Wild. & T. Durand = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea dinteri Schinz = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea ealensis De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea ekolo De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea engbo De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea fandra H. Perrier
Dioscorea fimbriata Jum. & H. Perrier = Dioscorea madecassa H. Perrier
Dioscorea forbesii Baker = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea grandibulbosa R. Knuth = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea heteropoda Baker
Dioscorea hexagona Baker
Dioscorea holstii Harms = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea hombuka H. Perrier
Dioscorea humblotii R. Knuth = Dioscorea arcuatinervis Hochr.
Dioscorea hystrix R. Knuth = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea karatana Wilkin = Dioscorea madecassa H. Perrier
Dioscorea kimiae Wilkin
Dioscorea knuthii H. Perrier = Dioscorea madecassa H. Perrier
Dioscorea lilela De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea litoie De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea lucida Scott-Elliot = Dioscorea bemarivensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea macabiha Jum. & H. Perrier = Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax
Dioscorea maciba Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea macroura Harms = Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax
Dioscorea madagascariensis R. Knuth = Dioscorea bemarivensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea madecassa H. Perrier
Dioscorea majungensis R. Knuth = Dioscorea bemarivensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea mako H. Perrier = Dioscorea nako H. Perrier
Dioscorea mamillata Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea mareka H. Perrier = Dioscorea arcuatinervis Hochr.
Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea nako H. Perrier
Dioscorea namorokensis Wilkin
Dioscorea nesiotis Hemsl. = Dioscorea bemarivensis Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea orangeana Wilkin
Dioscorea ovifotsy H. Perrier = Dioscorea seriflora Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea ovinala Baker
Dioscorea pentadactyla Welw. = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
!Dioscorea pentaphylla L. = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea perpilosa H. Perrier = Dioscorea mamillata Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea phaseoloides Pax = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea proteiformis H. Perrier
Dioscorea pteropoda Boivin ex H. Perrier
Dioscorea pynaertioides De Wild. = Dioscorea minutiflora Engl.
Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea sambiranensis R. Knuth
Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax
Dioscorea schliebenii R. Knuth = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea schweinfurthiana Pax = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea seriflora Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea soso Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea sterilis O.Weber & Wilkin
Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea tanalarum H. Perrier = Dioscorea seriflora Jum. & H. Perrier
Dioscorea toxicaria Bojer = Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax
Dioscorea trichantha Baker
Dioscorea trichopoda Jum. & H. Perrier = Dioscorea soso var. trichopoda (Jum. & H. Perrier) Burkill & H. Perrier
Dioscorea tsaratananensis H. Perrier
Dioscorea velutina Jum. & H. Perrier = Dioscorea ovinala Baker
Dioscorea verdickii De Wild. = Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.
Dioscorea welwitschii Rendle = Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax

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