Dioscorea polystachya species Turcz.

name cited:
Dioscorea batatas species Decne.
name recognized:
Dioscorea polystachya species Turcz.

drawing: T. Makino

family: Dioscoreaceae
tribe: Dioscoroideae

epithet cited: batatas

epithet recognized: polystachyus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A.

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=473128

heterotypic synonyms:
Dioscorea batatas Decne.; Dioscorea decaisneana Carrière; Dioscorea doryphora Hance; Dioscorea potaninii Prain & Burkill; Dioscorea pseudobatatas (Hauman) Herter; Dioscorea rosthornii Diels; Dioscorea swinhoei Rolfe;