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Taxon:  Dioscorea batatas Decne.



Summary
Genus:
Dioscorea
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Nomen number:
319994
Place of publication:
Rev. Hort. (Paris) sér. 4, 3:243. 1854
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
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Reference(s)
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  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
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  5. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  6. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  7. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Medicinal plants in China: a selection of 150 commonly used species. WHO Regional Publications, Western Pacific Series no. 2. 1989
  8. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  9. Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
  10. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  12. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  13. Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University. Medicinal plants in the Republic of Korea. WHO Regional Publications Western Pacific Series No. 21. 1998
  14. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  15. Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
  16. Van Wyk, B.-E. & M. Wink. Medicinal plants of the world. 2004
  17. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  18. Wijnands, D. O. 1990. Correct author citation for the species described on material collected by Thunberg in Japan. Thunbergia 12:8, 35.
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  20. Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980
Common names
Distribution
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319994. Accessed 14 December 2025.

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