The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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H Dioscorea japonica Thunb. 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 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 240312) with original publication details: Syst. Veg. ed. 14 889 1784.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927492-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Dioscorea belophylloides Prain & Burkill Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea fauriei R.Knuth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea goeringiana Kunth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. formosensis Masam. & Suzuki Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. japonica Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. kelungensis Prain & Burkill Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. pseudojaponica (Hayata) Yamam. Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. tenuiaxon Prain & Burkill Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea japonica var. vera Prain & Burkill Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea kelungensis R.Knuth [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea kiangsiensis R.Knuth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea neglecta R.Knuth Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea pseudojaponica Hayata Synonym H WCSP

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-240312.

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