Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin, 2002

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part T), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 878-905 : 879

Tamus cretica Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 1028. 1753.

"Habitat in Creta." RCN: 7436.

Neotype (Kit Tan in Davis, Fl. Turkey 8: 553. 1984): Herb. Tournefort No. 283 ( P) .

Current name: Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin ( Dioscoreaceae ).

Note: Kit Tan cited Herb. Tournefort No. 283 ( P) as an isotype. Although this collection was not studied by Linnaeus, in the absence of any original material for the name, Kit Tan’s statement is accepted as a neotypification (Art. 9.8).