Dioscorea ovata Vell. [ Dioscorea adenocarpa Mart. ex Griseb.]
Martius, C.F.P. von, Eichler, A.G., Urban, I., Flora Brasiliensis (1840-1906)
Fl. Bras.

vol. 3(1): (1842-1871)
[Smilaceae, Dioscoreaceae; Hypoxideae, Burmanniaceae, Haemodoraceae, Vellosieae, Pontederiaceae, Hydrocharideae, Alismaceae, Butomaceae, Juncaceae, Rapateaceae, Liliaceae, Amaryllideae, Xyrideae, Mayacaceae, Commelinaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Agaveae; Eriocaulaceae; Irideae]
t. 6 (1842)
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Dioscorea ovata Vell.


name cited:
Dioscorea adenocarpa Mart. ex Griseb.
name recognized:
Dioscorea ovata Vell.
drawing: M.A. Seubert
family: Dioscoreaceae
tribe: Dioscoroideae
epithet cited: adenocarpus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: ovatus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
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heterotypic synonyms:
Dioscorea adenocarpa Mart. ex Griseb.; Helmia adenocarpa (Mart. ex Griseb.) Kunth;
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