Dioscorea nipponica
Fan Leaf Mountain Yam
Also known as: Dioscorea acerifolia var. rosthornii Diels +7 more
- Dioscorea acerifolia var. rosthornii Diels
- Dioscorea giraldii R.Knuth
- Dioscorea nipponica f. jamesii (Prain & Burkill) Kitag.
- Dioscorea nipponica subsp. nipponica
- Dioscorea nipponica subsp. rosthornii (Diels) C.T.Ting
- Dioscorea nipponica var. jamesii Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea nipponica var. pubescens Nakai
- Dioscorea nipponica var. rosthornii (Diels) Prain & Burkill
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Dioscoreaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a climbing rhizomatous geophyte.
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Dioscorea nipponica (commonly known as Fan-leaf mountain yam) is a climbing plant belonging to the Dioscoreaceae family. Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. It belongs to the highly diverse genus Dioscorea, which contains over 600 distinct species. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Climber / Vine
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Russian Far East
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Amur, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Primorye, Qinghai
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms