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UPS-THUNB No.23542
Herbarium AcronymUPS
UPS catalogue No.V-703298
Organism groupVascular plants
Original nameDioscorea japonica [male]. [female]. 2.
Current nameDioscorea bulbifera L.
Present identification
(Japanese name)
nigakasyu
Taxon statusintroduced
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Identified by
Identification date
Identification historyD. bulbifera Linn. [Det.] I.H. Burkill / Dioscorea sativa L. [Det.] Maxim.
Locality (original)e Japonia
Locality (interpreted)Japan
Collector (original)Thunberg
Collector (interpreted)C.P. Thunberg
Notes on the upper sideD. alata?
Notes on the back side
Type statusoriginal material
BasionymDioscorea japonica Thunb.
Nomenclatural notes
Typification reference
Reference of protologueSyst. Veg., ed. 14: 889 (1784)
Link to protologue[LINK]
Flora Japonica page151
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