Dioscorea oppositifolia

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Dioscorea oppositifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:
D. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Dioscorea oppositifolia
L.
Synonyms [1]

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]

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Taxonomy

The plant previously called D. opposita is now considered to be the same species as D. oppositifolia. [1] 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia" . Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Tropicos.org , retrieved 3 February 2016
  3. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  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. ↑ "Dioscorea polystachya". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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