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Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Hort. Belge 4: 99 (1837)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Dioscoreales
family
Dioscoreaceae
genus
Dioscorea
species
Dioscorea mexicana

Name

Synonyms
Dioscorea anconensis R.Knuth
Dioscorea astrostigma Uline
Dioscorea bilbergiana Kunth
Dioscorea deamii Matuda
Dioscorea deppei Schiede
Dioscorea deppei Schiede ex Schltdl.
Dioscorea leiboldiana Kunth
Dioscorea macrophylla M.Martens & Galeotti
Dioscorea macrostachya Benth.
Dioscorea macrostachya var. sessiliflora Uline
Dioscorea mexicana var. sessiliflora (Uline) Matuda
Dioscorea propinqua Hemsl.
Dioscorea tuerckheimii R.Knuth
Testudinaria cocolmeca Procop.
Testudinaria macrostachya (Benth.) G.D.Rowley
Homonyms
Dioscorea mexicana Scheidw.
Common names
Barbasco in Spanish
Mexican yam in English
Mexican yam in English
Mexican yam ç in English
barbasco de placa in Spanish
barbasco de placa in Spanish
cabeza de negro in Spanish
cabeza de negro in Spanish
cocolmeca in Spanish
sköldpaddsjams in Swedish
sköldpaddsjams in Swedish
墨西哥龜甲龍 in Chinese
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