Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Dioscorea Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomCons
Placed in	Dioscoreaceae
Contains	Dioscorea acanthogene Rusby Dioscorea aculeata Linnaeus Dioscorea adenocarpa Grisebach Dioscorea alata Linnaeus Dioscorea albicaulis Uline Dioscorea albinervia R. Knuth Dioscorea amazonum Grisebach Dioscorea amoena R. Knuth Dioscorea ancachsensis R. Knuth Dioscorea arcuata Rusby Dioscorea balsapuertensis R. Knuth Dioscorea bangii R. Knuth Dioscorea bartlettii C. V. Morton Dioscorea batatas Decaisne Dioscorea belizensis Lundell Dioscorea besseriana Kunth Dioscorea boliviensis R. Knuth Dioscorea bolojonica Blanco Dioscorea bradei R. Knuth Dioscorea bridgesii Grisebach ex Kunth Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus Dioscorea burroyacensis R. Knuth Dioscorea cachipuertensis Ayala Dioscorea calcensis R. Knuth Dioscorea caldasensis R. Knuth Dioscorea campos-portoi R. Knuth Dioscorea caucensis R. Knuth Dioscorea chancayensis R. Knuth Dioscorea chaponensis R. Knuth Dioscorea chiapasensis Matuda Dioscorea chimborazensis R. Knuth Dioscorea chiquiacensis R. Knuth Dioscorea claytonii Ayala Dioscorea composita Hemsley Dioscorea concepcionis Chodat & Hassler Dioscorea coriacea Kunth ex Willdenow Dioscorea costaricensis R. Knuth Dioscorea cruzensis R. Knuth Dioscorea cubensis R. Knuth Dioscorea cyanisticta Donnell Smith Dioscorea cylindrostachya I. M. Johnston Dioscorea cyphocarpa B. L. Robinson Dioscorea dallmannensis Hatusima Dioscorea daunea Prain & Burkill Dioscorea deamii Matuda Dioscorea dugesii B. L. Robinson Dioscorea elegantula Kunth Dioscorea elmeri Prain & Burkill Dioscorea enneaneura Prain & Burkill Dioscorea fastigiata Gay Dioscorea flaccida R. Knuth Dioscorea floridana Bartlett Dioscorea fracta Grisebach Dioscorea fractiflexa R. Knuth Dioscorea frutescens Rusby Dioscorea georgensis R. Knuth Dioscorea glandulosa Klotzsch ex Kunth Dioscorea glauca Rusby Dioscorea gracillima Miquel Dioscorea guanaiensis R. Knuth Dioscorea guaranitica Chodat & Hassler Dioscorea guerrerensis R. Knuth Dioscorea hainanensis Prain & Burkill Dioscorea hasslerana Chodat Dioscorea hastatissima Rusby Dioscorea haumanii Xifreda Dioscorea hemsleyi Prain & Burkill Dioscorea henryi (Prain & Burkill) C. T. Ting Dioscorea herbert-smithii Rusby Dioscorea hieronymi Uline ex Knuth Dioscorea hintonii R. Knuth Dioscorea hirsuticaulis B. L. Robinson Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett Dioscorea hitchcockii R. Knuth Dioscorea hondurensis R. Knuth Dioscorea huii R. Knuth Dioscorea humilis Bertero ex Colla Dioscorea igualamontana Matuda Dioscorea inaequifolia Elmer ex Prain & Burkill Dioscorea insignis C. V. Morton & B. G. Schubert Dioscorea jaliscana S. Watson Dioscorea kamoonensis Kunth Dioscorea killipii R. Knuth Dioscorea koepperi Standley Dioscorea lanosa Gleason Dioscorea larecajensis Uline ex R. Knuth Dioscorea lawrancei R. Knuth Dioscorea laxiflora Schlechtendal Dioscorea lindmanii Uline ex R. Knuth Dioscorea linearis Grisebach Dioscorea lobata Uline Dioscorea lyonnetii C. V. Morton Dioscorea mandonii Rusby Dioscorea martensis R. Knuth Dioscorea matagalpensis Uline Dioscorea matudae O. Téllez & B. G. Schubert Dioscorea mcvaughii B. G. Schubert Dioscorea melanophyma Prain & Burkill Dioscorea mexicana Scheidweiler Dioscorea militaris B. L. Robinson Dioscorea minima B. L. Robinson & Seaton Dioscorea mitoensis R. Knuth Dioscorea monadelpha Grisebach Dioscorea multiflora Martius ex Grisebach Dioscorea narinensis R. Knuth Dioscorea nelsonii Uline Dioscorea nematodes Uline Dioscorea nervata R. Knuth Dioscorea nipensis R. A. Howard Dioscorea nitens Prain & Burkill Dioscorea nitida R. Knuth Dioscorea nummularia Lamarck Dioscorea olfersiana Klotzsch ex Grisebach Dioscorea oreodoxa B. G. Schubert Dioscorea orthogeneura Uline ex Hochreutiner Dioscorea ovata Vellozo Dioscorea palmeri R. Knuth Dioscorea paniculata Michaux Dioscorea panthaica Prain & Burkill Dioscorea pantojensis R. Knuth Dioscorea pedicellata Morong & Britton Dioscorea pennellii R. Knuth Dioscorea pentaphylla Linnaeus Dioscorea petelotii Prain & Burkill Dioscorea philippiana Uline ex R. Knuth Dioscorea pilcomayensis Hauman Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bert ex Sprengel Dioscorea platycolpota Uline ex B. L. Robinson Dioscorea plumifera B. L. Robinson Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow Dioscorea pringlei B. L. Robinson Dioscorea pseudorajanioides R. Knuth Dioscorea pumicola Uline Dioscorea puncticulata R. Knuth Dioscorea putisensis R. Knuth Dioscorea quaternata J. F. Gmelin Dioscorea raveni Ayala Dioscorea recurva Rusby Dioscorea remota C. V. Morton Dioscorea remotiflora Kunth Dioscorea rosei R. Knuth Dioscorea rusbyi Uline Dioscorea samydea Martius ex Grisebach Dioscorea sanchez-colinii Matuda Dioscorea sapindoides C. Presl Dioscorea scorpioides C. Wright Dioscorea scortechinii Prain & Burkill Dioscorea seemannii Prain & Burkill Dioscorea sp. Dioscorea sprucei Uline Dioscorea subcalva Prain & Burkill Dioscorea sulcata R. Knuth Dioscorea sumiderensis B. G. Schubert & O. Téllez Dioscorea suratensis R. Knuth Dioscorea tabascana Matuda Dioscorea tacanensis Lundell Dioscorea tafiensis R. Knuth Dioscorea tamoidea R. Knuth Dioscorea tamshiyacuensis Ayala Dioscorea tancitarensis Matuda Dioscorea tayacajensis R. Knuth Dioscorea temascaltepecensis R. Knuth Dioscorea tenebrosa C. V. Morton Dioscorea thinophila Philippi Dioscorea trifoliata Kunth Dioscorea ulinei Greenman ex R. Knuth Dioscorea urceolata Uline Dioscorea uruapanensis Matuda Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus Dioscorea wrightii Uline ex R. Knuth Dioscorea yucatanensis Uline Dioscorea yunnanensis Prain & Burkill
Remarks	nom. cons. des.; Lectotype: D. sativa Linnaeus (vide N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U. S. ed. 2. 1: 535. 7 Jun 1913)
GUID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70622-3
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 2: 1032
Holdings	16 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dioscorea Linnaeus
Identification made in	[no date] (16)