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Dioscorea cayennensis 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 (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 239946) with original publication details: Encycl. 3: 233 1789.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317788-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Dioscorea aculeata Balb. ex Kunth [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea berteroana Kunth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea camerunensis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. cayennensis	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea moma De Wild.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea occidentalis R.Knuth	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea pruinosa A.Chev. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-239946.

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