Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1033 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Indiis"

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 294 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von (1840), Nomenclator Botanicus Edn. 2, 1(4): 511 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), North Australian Botany. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 329 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 548 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 534 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 294

Burkill, I.H. (December 1951), Dioscoreaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(3): 311-312 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 228 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 53 [secondary reference]

Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of Australia 46: 198, Fig. 51A-C, Map 244 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 460

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in WA and NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 28 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 986, Fig. 295D [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 303 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 60 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Ganmanggu

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 152 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dioscorea sativa var. rotunda F.M.Bailey legitimate common name: Cheeky Yam [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

doubtful misapplication: Dioscorea reticulata J.Gay legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Gray, B. (1977), Australian Climbing Plants: 97 doubtful misapplication: Dioscorea reticulata J.Gay legitimate by Elliot, W.R. & Jones, D.L. (1984), Encyclopaedia of Australian plants suitable for cultivation 3: 282 misapplication: Dioscorea sativa L. legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 460

• APC Comment: Varietal rank not recognised in WA and NT.
• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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