Dioscorea hispida

Dioscorea hispida

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea hispida

Name

Dioscorea hispida Dennst., 1818

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dioscorea lunata Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 370 (1821).
  • Dioscorea hirsuta Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 21 (1827).
  • Dioscorea mollissima Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 21 (1827).
  • Dioscorea daemona Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 805 (1832).
  • Helmia daemona (Roxb.) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 439 (1850).
  • Helmia hirsuta (Blume) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 438 (1850).
  • Dioscorea virosa Wall. ex Klotzsch & Garcke, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 56 (1862).
  • Dioscorea daemona var. reticulata Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 289 (1892).
  • Dioscorea triphylla var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10(1): 26 (1914).
  • Dioscorea triphylla var. mollissima (Blume) Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10(1): 26 (1914).
  • Dioscorea triphylla var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill, J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 26 (1914).
  • Dioscorea hispida var. neoscaphoides Prain & Burkill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 237 (1927).
  • Dioscorea hispida var. reticulata (Hook.f.) Prain & Burkill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 237 (1927).
  • Dioscorea hispida var. scaphoides Prain & Burkill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1927: 237 (1927).
  • Dioscorea hispida var. daemona (Roxb.) Prain & Burkill, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 14(1): 192 (1936).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Bismarck Archipelago; Borneo; Cambodia; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; India; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Is.; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Philippines; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam; West Himalaya Continental: Australasia Queensland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dennstedt, A.W., 1818. Schlüssel zum Hortus indicus malabaricus 33.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Dioscorea hispida 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 hispida 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 hispida. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Dioscorea hispida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dioscorea hispida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Cebuano: kalot
English: intoxicating yam
Tiếng Việt: Củ mài trắng
中文: 大苦薯, 白薯榔

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