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Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 240732) with original publication details: Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 7: 158 1837.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318443-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Dioscorea batatas Decne.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea batatas f. clavata Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea batatas f. daikok Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea batatas f. flabellata Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea batatas f. rakuda Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea batatas f. tsukune Makino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea cayennensis var. pseudobatatas Hauman	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea doryphora Hance	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea rosthornii Diels	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-240732, and has not been changed.