Dioscorea bulbifera

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q311239
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Summary

Dioscorea bulbifera is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,627 views/month, #1,442 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Dioscorea[4]
  • Taxon name: Dioscorea bulbifera[5]
  • Has use: medicinal plant[6], vegetable[7], food[8], nutrition[9]
  • Commons category: Dioscorea bulbifera[10]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[11], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[12]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(1)[13], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14], Flora of the Lesser Antilles, Leeward and Windward Islands[15]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14186[16]
  • This taxon is source of: air potato[17], Dioscorea bulbifera fruit[18]
  • Short name: D. bulbifera[19]
  • Taxon common name: air yam[20], 山芋[21], 金錦吊蝦蟆[22], 薢萆川[23], 獨黃[24], 山慈菇[25], কাঠ আলু[26], potato yam[27], bitter yam[28], 黄独[29], 黄药[30], 山慈姑[31], 零余子薯蓣[32], 黄药子[33]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[34]

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Identifiers

Dioscorea bulbifera's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 84537[35]. Dioscorea bulbifera's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 35874[36]. Dioscorea bulbifera's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1121145[37]. Dioscorea bulbifera's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2755489[38]. Dioscorea bulbifera's ITIS TSN is recorded as 43369[39].

Why It Matters

Dioscorea bulbifera has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Biodiversity Heritage Library. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 16(1). wikidata.org.
  36. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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