Dioscorea sativa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1033. 1753, typ. cons.

"Habitat in Indiis." RCN: 7458.

Conserved type (McNeill & al. in Taxon 36: 369. 1987): [icon] " Dioscorea foliis cordatis, caule laevi " in Linnaeus, Hort. Cliff.: 459, t. 28 [stem and leaves]. 1738.

Generitype of Dioscorea Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Dioscorea villosa L. ( Dioscoreaceae).

Note: Dioscorea sativa, with the type designated by McNeill & al., was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 562. 1992). This was eventually approved by the General Committee (see review of the history of this proposal by Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006).