Dioscorea polystachya

Taxonomy ID: 55575 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:55575)

current name

Dioscorea polystachya  Turcz., 1837

homotypic synonym:

Dioscorea opposita auct., non Thunb., 1784

Genbank common name: Chinese yam
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Dioscorea batatas  Decne.

common name(s)

shan yao, naga-imo

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; Dioscoreales; Dioscoreaceae; Dioscorea

Comments and References:

image:Dioscorea polystachya Image by from Wikimedia Commons under a Public Domain license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

Monocot Checklist (Jun 01, 2015) Name accessed on 1 June 2015 in: World Checklist of Monocotyledons (2004). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet.

FNA - Dioscoreaceae Raz L. 2002. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. New York and Oxford. On-line version.