Dioscorea communis

Dioscorea communis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea communis

Name

Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin, Taxon 51: 112 (2002)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tamus communis L., Sp. Pl.: 1028 (1753)
• Heterotypic
  • Tamus cretica L., Sp. Pl.: 1028 (1753)
  • Tamus racemosa Gouan, Fl. Monsp.: 426 (1765)
  • Smilax rubra Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1015 (1809)
  • Tamus cordifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 544 (1812)
  • Tamus edulis Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4(1): 12 (1833)
  • Tamus norsa Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6(3): 543 (1838)
  • Tamus communis var. subtriloba Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 880 (1844)
  • Dioscorea canariensis Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 2(3): 317 (1847)
  • Tamus canariensis Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 455 (1850)
  • Tamus parviflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 454 (1850)
  • Tamus communis subsp. cretica (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 718 (1882)
  • Tamus communis var. cretica (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 344 (1882)
  • Tamus communis var. triloba Simonk., Enum. Fl. Transsilv.: 520 (1887)
  • Tamus baccifera St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., ed. 8, 2: 765 (1889)
  • Tamus cirrhosa Hausskn. ex Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58 E: 271 (1938)
  • Tamus communis f. subtriloba (Guss.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fl. Man. Paisos Catalans 4: 171 (2001)

References

• Caddick L.R., Wilkin P., Rudall P.J., Hedderson T.A.J., Chase M.W., « Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales », in Taxon, vol. 51, no 1, 2002.
• Govaerts, R. & al. 2012. Dioscorea communis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 18.
• Tropicos.org: 2012. Dioscorea communis Published on internet. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 18.
• International Plant Names Index: 2012. Dioscorea communis . Published on the Internet. Accessed 18. Aug. 2012

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Adi giləzəhər
български: Брей
català: Gatmaimó
српски / srpski: Бљушт
Deutsch: Gemeine Schmerwurz
English: Black Bryony
español: Nueza negra
euskara: Apo-mahats
français: Tamier
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna tučnokorjenjawka
hrvatski: Kuka
ქართული: ძაღლის სატაცური
latviešu: Parastais tamus
Nederlands: Spekwortel
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bljušt
українська: Тамус звичайний
vèneto: Tanoni

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