Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Dioscorea bulbifera

Dioscoreaceae R.Br.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Dioscoreales(ordo)
Dioscoreaceae(fam.)
Dioscorea(gen.)
bulbifera(sp.)

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2

:

1033

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat in Indiis"

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

:

294

[secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(4)

:

511

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany.

Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany

:

329

[secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants

:

548

[secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens.

Bibliotheca Botanica

:

534

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805

: 294

Burkill, I.H. (December 1951), Dioscoreaceae.

Flora Malesiana Series I

:

311-312

BHL

[secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants.

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

:

228

BHL

[secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

53

[secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Dioscoreaceae.

Flora of Australia

:

198, Fig. 51A-C, Map 244

[secondary reference]

misapplication: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6

: 460

APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in WA and NT.
APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory.

Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory

:

28

[secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dioscoreaceae.

Flora of the Kimberley Region

:

986, Fig. 295D

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Dioscorea sativa L.

legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List.

Fruits of the Rainforest

:

303

[secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

60

[secondary reference]

Vernacular: Ganmanggu

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest

:

152

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey

legitimate

common name:

Cheeky Yam

[n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

doubtful misapplication: Dioscorea reticulata J.Gay legitimate by

Jones, D.L. & Gray, B. (1977), Australian Climbing Plants

: 97 doubtful misapplication: Dioscorea reticulata J.Gay legitimate by

Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1984), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 3

: 282 misapplication: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6

: 460

APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in WA and NT.
APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld