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Chinese Yam

Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dioscorea opposita
Recognized by ECOCROP and TRY summarized records
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea opposita
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Dioscorea oppositifolia Linnaeus 1753
Species recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Dioscorea batatas Decne.
Synonym according to USDA PLANTS images
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Dioscorea opposita Thunb.
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. dukhunensis Prain & Burkill
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Common Names

English

Chinese yam preferred

Finnish

Kiinanjamssi preferred
Recognized by admin

Curated hierarchies for Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
523 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
532 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
523 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
Embryophytes
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytes
Angiosperms
Monocots
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
523 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

GBIF classification

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
581 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Viridiplantae
Streptophyta
Streptophytina
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Euphyllophyta
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Mesangiospermae
Liliopsida
Petrosaviidae
Dioscoreales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
128 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Lilianae
Liliales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
738 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Plantae
Viridiplantae
Embryophyta
Tracheophyta
Spermatophytina
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliidae
Lilianae
Liliales
Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea
Dioscorea opposita (this page)
738 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.