Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscorea bulbifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea bulbifera

Name

Dioscorea bulbifera L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 435 (1850).
  • Polynome bulbifera (L.) Salisb., Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866).
• Heterotypic
  • Dioscorea tamifolia Salisb., Parad. Lond. 1: t. 17 (1805).
  • Dioscorea crispata Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 802 (1832).
  • Dioscorea heterophylla Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 804 (1832).
  • Dioscorea pulchella Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 801 (1832).
  • Dioscorea tenuiflora Schltdl., Linnaea 17: 608 (1843).
  • Dioscorea latifolia Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 535 (1849).
  • Dioscorea hoffa Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 159 (1895).
  • Dioscorea sativa var. elongata F.M.Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 (1902).
  • Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 5: 1615 (1902).
  • Dioscorea sativa f. spontanea Makino, Phan. Pter. Jap. Icon. 2: t. 81-82 (1902).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. crispata (Roxb.) Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. pulchella (Roxb.) Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. sativa Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 1066 (1903).
  • Dioscorea hofika Jum. & H.Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 8: 291 (1910).
  • Dioscorea sativa f. domestica Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 4: 1326 (1912).
  • Dioscorea anthropophagorum A.Chev., Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 8: 357 (1913).
  • Dioscorea longipetiolata Baudon, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 242 (1913).
  • Dioscorea violacea Baudon, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 1: 242 (1913), nom. illeg.
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata (F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 (1914).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. suavia Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 (1914).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. vera Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 (1914).
  • Dioscorea rogersii Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 27 (1914).
  • Dioscorea korrorensis R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 190 (1924).
  • Dioscorea perrieri R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 354 (1924).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. anthropophagorum (A.Chev.) Summerh., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 19: 293 (1931).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera f. domestica (Makino) Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Japan, rev. ed.: 1585 (1931).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. albotuberosa Y.F.Zhou, Z.L.Xu & Y.Y.Hang, Novon 18: 555 (2008).
  • Dioscorea bulbifera var. brachybotryum Y.Y.Hang & Y.F.Zhou, J. Pl. Resourc. Environ. 27: 105 (2018), contrary to Art. 40.6. ICN (2018).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World Alabama; Andaman Is.; Angola; Assam; Bahamas; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Borneo; Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; California; Cambodia; Cameroon; Caprivi Strip; Caroline Is.; Central African Repu; Chad; China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Christmas I.; Colombia; Congo; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; East Himalaya; Ecuador; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Fiji; Florida; French Guiana; Gabon; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Hainan; Haiti; Hawaii; Honduras; India; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Japan; Jawa; Kazan-retto; Kenya; Korea; Laccadive Is.; Laos; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Mali; Marquesas; Mexico Southeast; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; New Guinea; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Niue; Northern Territory; Ogasawara-shoto; Pakistan; Panam; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Queensland; Rwanda; Samoa; Santa Cruz Is.; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Suriname; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Tibet; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; West Himalaya; Western Australia; Windward Is.; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1033.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea bulbifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea bulbifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Dioscorea bulbifera. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea bulbifera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea bulbifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: কাঠ আলু
বাংলা: কাঠ আলু
English: air potato
français: Hoffe
मराठी: डुकरकंद
नेपाली: गिठ्ठा
தமிழ்: பண்ணுக்கிழங்கு
Yorùbá: èsúrú

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