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Taxon:
Dioscorea polystachya
Turcz.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
14241
Place of publication:
Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 10(7):158. 1837
Verified:
03/24/2006
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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dioscorea batatas
Decne.
Dioscorea decaisneana
Carrière
Invalid Designation(s)
Dioscorea opposita
auct.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
American Herbal Products Association.
1992. Herbs of commerce
Note:
=
Dioscorea batatas
Babil, P. et al.
2013. Intra-specific ploidy variations in cultivated Chinese yam (
Dioscorea polystachya
Turcz.). Trop. Agric. Developm. 57:101-107.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Note:
=
Dioscorea batatas
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Note:
=
Dioscorea batatas
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Note:
=
Dioscorea batatas
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Note:
=
Dioscorea batatas
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
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
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Chinese yam –
Reference(s)
Chinese-potato –
Reference(s)
cinnamon-vine –
Reference(s)
French
igname –
Reference(s)
German
chinesische Yamswurzel –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
naga-imo –
Reference(s)
Swedish
jams –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
shan yao –
Reference(s)
shu yu –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Anhui Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Gansu Sheng
e.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
n.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guizhou Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hebei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Henan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hubei Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hunan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangsu Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jiangxi Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Jilin Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Liaoning Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shaanxi Sheng
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Shandong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Sichuan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
n.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Zhejiang Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Hokkaidô
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Honshu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Kyushu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Shikoku
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
2
Cultivated
cult. in temperate regions
4
Naturalized
natzd. in temperate regions
Native
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Fujian Sheng, Henan Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Hunan Sheng, Hubei Sheng, Gansu Sheng (e.), Jiangxi Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Guangdong Sheng (n.), Guizhou Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng (n.), Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
,
Japan
[Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku],
Taiwan
Cultivated
(cult. in temperate regions)
Naturalized
(natzd. in temperate regions)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
as
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Al-Shehbaz, I. A. & B. G. Schubert.
1989. The Dioscoreaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 70:73.
Note:
misapplied to
Dioscorea batatas
Decne.
Human food
starch
as
Dioscorea batatas
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human food
vegetable
as
Dioscorea batatas
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
as
Dioscorea oppositifolia
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed
as
Dioscorea batatas
Campbell, F. T., ed.
1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Name
References