Dioscorea oppositifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:

Dioscorea oppositifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753).

Heterotypic
- Dioscorea opposita Thunb., Fl. Jap.: 151 (1784).
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).
- Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 30 (1914).

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Asie Bangladesh; East Himalaya; India; Myanmar; Sri Lanka References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1033.

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