Uline, E.B. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (July 1897), Dioscoreaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachtrage zum II bis IV Teil Nachtr. 1: 84 [primary reference]

• Comment: nom. inval. under ICN Art. 22.2 (Shenzhen Code, 2018), as this was intended to be the type section but the sectional name does not repeat the name of the genus.

Burkill, I.H. (December 1951), Dioscoreaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 311-313 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dioscorea subsect. Euopsophyton R.Knuth legitimate

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of Australia 46: 196 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dioscorea L. legitimate

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