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:''For the widely eaten tuber, see [[Chinese yam]]'', often misidentified as ''Dioscorea opposita'' or ''Dioscorea oppositifolia''.
'''''Dioscorea oppositifolia''''' is a type of [[yam (vegetable)|yam]] (''[[Dioscorea]]'') native to [[Myanmar]] ([[Burma]]) and to the [[Indian Subcontinent]] ([[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name=klasdkf>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240599 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.</ref><ref>Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.</ref><ref>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.</ref>
'''''Dioscorea oppositifolia''''' is a type of [[yam (vegetable)|yam]] (''[[Dioscorea]]'') native to [[Myanmar]] ([[Burma]]) and to the [[Indian Subcontinent]] ([[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name=klasdkf>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=240599 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.</ref><ref>Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.</ref><ref>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.</ref>


Revision as of 18:11, 1 February 2016

For the yam most often misidentified as Dioscorea opposita or Dioscorea oppositifolia, see Chinese yam.

Dioscorea oppositifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
Order:
Dioscoreales
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Genus:
Dioscorea
Species:
D. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Dioscorea oppositifolia
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dioscorea opposita Thunb
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
  • Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill

Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam (Dioscorea) native to Myanmar (Burma) and to the Indian Subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

The plant previously correctly 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.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, entry for Dioscorea oppositifolia". Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. ^ World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Tanaka, N., Koyama, T. & Murata, J. (2005). The flowering plants of Mt. Popa, central Myanmar - Results of Myanmar-Japanese joint expeditions, 2000-2004. Makinoa 5: 1-102.
  4. ^ Samanta, A.K. (2006). The genus Dioscorea L. in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas - a census. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 30: 555-563.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy, entry for D. polystachya". Retrieved 12 August 2014.

External links

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