Accession Data:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
- Common Name: Air Potato
- Family: Dioscoreaceae R. Br.
- Country of Origin: tropical east Africa to Asia
- USDA Zone: 9a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198700196
- Source: Fragrant Path (seed)
- Provenance: ID corrected to Dioscorea bulbifera from Dioscorea batatas on 28 February 2008. Photographic confirmation by Ramona Walls, SUNY Stony Brook.
- Accession Date: 12-31-1987
- Bench: 1219 - AUS:South Bench E
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-13-2018
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Dioscoreales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Dioscoreaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- Medicinal Plants
- Edible Plants
- Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
- EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
- Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Burkina / Ghana / Guinea-Bissau / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Mali / Nigeria / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Rwanda / Zaire / Chad / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Sudan / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Zimbabwe / Caprivi Strip / Madagascar / China South-Central / Hainan / China North-Central / China Southeast / Tibet / Japan / Korea / Nansei-shoto / Taiwan / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Laccadive Is. / Nepal / Pakistan / Sri Lanka / West Himalaya / Andaman Is. / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Christmas I. / New Guinea / Northern Territory / Queensland / Western Australia / Caroline Is. /
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
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