Dioscorea communis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species: Dioscorea communis

Name

Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin, Taxon 51: 112. 2002

Synonyms

Basionym
- Tamus communis L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753
Heterotypic
- Tamus cretica L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753
- Tamus racemosa Gouan, Fl. Monsp.: 426. 1765
- Smilax rubra Willd., Enum. Pl.: 1015. 1809
- Tamus cordifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 544. 1812
- Tamus edulis Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4(1): 12. 1833
- Tamus norsa Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6(3): 543. 1838
- Tamus communis var. subtriloba Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 880. 1844
- Dioscorea canariensis Webb & Berthel., Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 2(3): 317. 1847
- Tamus canariensis Willd. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 455. 1850
- Tamus parviflora Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 454. 1850
- Tamus communis subsp. cretica (L.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 718. 1882
- Tamus communis var. cretica (L.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 344. 1882
- Tamus communis var. triloba Simonk., Enum. Fl. Transsilv.: 520. 1887
- Tamus baccifera St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., ed. 8, 2: 765. 1889
- Tamus cirrhosa Hausskn. ex Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58 E: 271. 1938
- Tamus communis f. subtriloba (Guss.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fl. Man. Paisos Catalans 4: 171. 2001

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Great Britain, Ireland (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North (introduced).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Caddick, L.R., Wilkin, P., Rudall, P.J., Hedderson, T.A.J. & Chase, M.W. 2002. Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. Taxon 51(1): 103–114. DOI: 10.2307/1554967 JSTOR Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Dioscorea communis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 18. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2012. Dioscorea communis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 Aug. 2012.
International Plant Names Index. 2012. Dioscorea communis. Published online. Accessed: 18. Aug. 2012.

Vernacular names

azərbaycanca: Adi giləzəhər
български: Брей
català: Gatmaimó
Deutsch: Gemeine Schmerwurz
Ελληνικά: Αβρωνιά, Οβρυά, Βρυωνιά
English: Black Bryony
español: Nueza negra
euskara: Apo-mahats
suomi: Euroopankiiltoköynnös
français: Tamier
hrvatski: Kuka
hornjoserbsce: Wšědna tučnokorjenjawka
ქართული: ძაღლის სატაცური
latviešu: Parastais tamus
Nederlands: Spekwortel
русский: адамов корень, водогон, лепшура, недоступ, огненный корень, переступ, сальный корень
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Bljušt
српски / srpski: Бљушт
українська: Тамус звичайний
vèneto: Tanoni

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