Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1033. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia, Florida." RCN: 7459.

Lectotype (Al-Shehbaz & Schubert in J. Arnold Arbor. 70: 70. 1989): Clayton 94, staminate plant (BM-000051149) (see also p. 183).

Current name: Dioscorea villosa L. ( Dioscoreaceae).