⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-239755, with some changes.

Dioscorea altissima Lam. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 239755) with original publication details: Encycl. 3: 231 1789.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:323906-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Dioscorea balsapuertensis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea calcarea R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea chondrocarpa Griseb.	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea hoehneana R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea maranonensis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea nitida R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea poeppigii Kunth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea rajanioides Uline ex R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea revillae Ayala	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea riparia Kunth & R.H.Schomb.	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea samydea Griseb.	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea samydea var. corcovadensis Uline ex R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP
Dioscorea samydea var. cordovadensis Uline	Synonym		TRO
Dioscorea samydea var. poeppigii (Kunth) Ayala	Synonym		WCSP