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Taxon:
Dioscorea trifida
L. f.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14263
Place of publication:
Suppl. pl. 427. 1782 ("1781")
Verified:
05/12/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica 66.
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis.
2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
URL:
http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/
Bhattacharjee, R. et al.
2011. Chapter 4.
Dioscorea
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops 71-96.
Boggan, J. et al.
1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Bousalen, M. et al.
2010. Evidence of diploidy in the wild Amerindian yam, a putative progenitor of the endangered species
Dioscorea trifida
(Dioscoreaceae). Genome 53:371-383.
Note:
it confirmed wild
Dioscorea trifida
as diploid, and its probably role as an ancestor of cultivated, tetraploid plants
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1992. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 7:1-92.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Dioscorea+trifida&quantity=1
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Howard, R.
1979. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 3:510.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds.
1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier).
1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Nascimento, W. F. et al.
2013. Spatially structured genetic diversity of the Amerindian yam (
Dioscorea trifida
L.) assessed by SSR and ISSR markers in southern Brazil. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 60:2405-2420.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Note:
it examined genetic diversity of 53 landraces from four Brazilian States of tetraploid
Dioscorea trifida
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds.
2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds.
1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.
Note:
Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Common names
English
cush-cush –
Reference(s)
cush-cush yam –
Reference(s)
English (Jamaica)
yampee –
Reference(s)
French
couche-couche –
Reference(s)
cousse-couche –
Reference(s)
German
Kusch-kusch –
Reference(s)
Kuschkusch-Yamswurzel –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
cará-doce –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
inhame –
Reference(s)
Spanish
mapuey –
Reference(s)
ñame –
Reference(s)
ñame de la India –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Colombia)
tabena –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
sacha papa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
n.?
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Guadeloupe
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
Martinique
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
1
Native
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Vincent and Grenadines
Saint Vincent
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Panama
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Anzoategui
1
Native
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
Monagas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Napo
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
2
Cultivated
also cult.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
Native
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Guadeloupe
,
St. Lucia
,
Martinique
,
St. Vincent and Grenadines
[Saint Vincent]
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
,
Venezuela
[Amazonas, Anzoategui, Monagas]
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(n.?)
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
[Napo],
Peru
Cultivated
REGION:
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
vegetable
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Name
References