| Linnaean Name: |
Dioscorea sativa Linnaeus, typ. cons. |
| Reference: |
Species Plantarum 2: 1033 (1753)
|
| Provenance: |
"Habitat in Indiis." |
| Generitype of: |
Dioscorea Linnaeus, nom. cons. |
| Type: |
Conserved Type
= "Dioscorea foliis cordatis, caule laevi"
in Linnaeus,
Hort. Cliff.,
459,
t. 28 [stem and leaves],
1738
|
| Designated by: |
McNeill & al. in
Taxon
36
: 369
(1987)
|
| Current Name: |
Dioscorea villosa L.
|
| Current Family: |
Dioscoreaceae |
| Comments: |
Dioscorea sativa, with the type designated by McNeill & al., was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 562. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006). |
| Record last updated: |
06/10/2006 |
