Dioscorea polystachya

Summary

Dioscorea polystachya is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month, #1,161 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dioscorea polystachya's image is recorded as Dioscorea polystachya UGA2307129.jpg^[3].
• Dioscorea polystachya's image is recorded as Dioscorea polystachya (batatas).jpg^[4].
• Dioscorea polystachya's instance of is recorded as taxon^[5].
• Dioscorea polystachya's taxon rank is recorded as species^[6].
• Dioscorea polystachya's parent taxon is recorded as Dioscorea^[7].
• Dioscorea polystachya's taxon name is recorded as Dioscorea polystachya^[8].
• Dioscorea polystachya's subclass of is recorded as food ingredient^[9].
• Dioscorea polystachya's has use is recorded as medicinal plant^[10].
• Dioscorea polystachya's has use is recorded as food^[11].
• Dioscorea polystachya's Commons category is recorded as Dioscorea polystachya^[12].
• Dioscorea polystachya's UNII is recorded as 64F87QJD5V^[13].
• Dioscorea polystachya's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55575^[14].
• Dioscorea polystachya's ITIS TSN is recorded as 810115^[15].
• Dioscorea polystachya's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1120780^[16].
• Dioscorea polystachya's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 951011^[17].
• Dioscorea polystachya's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2754732^[18].
• Dioscorea polystachya's Tropicos ID is recorded as 11000612^[19].
• Dioscorea polystachya's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 318443-1^[20].
• Dioscorea polystachya's Plant List ID is recorded as kew-240732^[21].
• Dioscorea polystachya's taxon synonym is recorded as Dioscorea batatas^[22].
• Dioscorea polystachya's taxon synonym is recorded as Dioscorea opposita^[23].
• Dioscorea polystachya's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14241^[24].
• Dioscorea polystachya's this taxon is source of is recorded as Chinese yam^[25].
• Dioscorea polystachya's this taxon is source of is recorded as tororo^[26].
• Dioscorea polystachya's Flora of North America taxon ID is recorded as 240001195^[27].

Why It Matters

Dioscorea polystachya ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (518 views/month, #1,161 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]