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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-240739, and has not been changed.

H Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 240739) with original publication details: Niger Fl. 536 1849.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318450-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Dioscorea angustiflora Rendle Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea cayennensis var. praehensilis (Benth.) A.Chev. Synonym L WCSP
Dioscorea costermansiana De Wild. & T.Durand Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand Synonym H WCSP
Dioscorea odoratissima Pax Synonym H WCSP

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