A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites - CABI

Republic), Igname bâtard, Igname coc-bourrique, Igname porteen-l’air
(Lesser Antilles), Dunguey (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 5, 19, 30, 32, 61, 123, 132, 147.
Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 795.
1806.
Dioscorea alata sensu Bello, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 123. 1883,
non L.
Dioscorea kegeliana Griseb., Linnaea 21: 279. 1848.
Dioscorea multiflora C. Presl, Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3:
546. 1845.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Lesser
Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique,
Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Margarita, Mexico, Central
America, and South America.
Common Names: Ñambriz, Ñame matagallina (Dominican Republic),
Yam chat (Haiti), Bitter jessie, Wild Yam (Jamaica), Igname-bois,
Igname sauvage, Yam pule, Yami marron (Lesser Antilles), Gunda,
Hicamo, Matagallina (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 30, 32, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 323, 340.
Dioscorea rigida R. Knuth = Rajania cephalocarpa Uline ex R. Knuth
Dioscorea rotundata Poir. = Dioscorea cayennensis Lam. subsp.
rotundata (Poir.) J. Miège
Dioscorea sativa L. = Dioscorea villosa L.
Dioscorea scorpioidea C. Wright = Rajania cordata L.
Dioscorea tamoidea Griseb. in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 3(1): 42.
1842.
Dioscorea tamoidea Griseb. var. lindenii Uline, Notizbl. Bot. Gart.
Berlin-Dahlem 7: 209. 1917.
Distribution: Endemic to Greater Antilles; native to Cuba and
Hispaniola.
Common Names: Yam chat, Yam chatte (Haiti).
References: 3, 5, 30, 147.
Dioscorea tamoidea Griseb. var. lindenii Uline = Dioscorea tamoidea
Griseb.
Dioscorea trifida L. f., Suppl. Pl. 427. 1782 [“1781”].
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico;
native to Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saba, St.
Barthélemy, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Trinidad, Central
America, and South America.
Common Names: Mapuey, Ñame mapuey, Yampí (Cuba), Cush-cush
yam, Mapuey, Martinique, Ñame mapuey, Yam papa (Dominican
Republic), Cush-cush, Igname martinique, Yam couche-couche,
Yam jaune, Yam martinique (Haiti), Yampie, Indian yam
(Jamaica), Cush-cush yam, Igname bonda, Igname cousse-couche
(Lesser Antilles), Mapuey, Ñame mapuey, Ñame morado, Ñame
vino, Yampee (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 32, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 340.
Dioscorea triphylla L. = Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Dioscorea villosa L., Sp. Pl. 1033. 1753.
Dioscorea bulbifera sensu authors, non L.
Dioscorea lutea sensu Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 588. 1864, non G. Mey.
Dioscorea sativa L., Sp. Pl. 1033. 1753.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba and Lesser Antilles (Antigua); native to
North America.
References: 3, 30, 36, 147.
Dioscorea wrightii Uline ex R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-
Dahlem 7: 208. 1917.
Dioscorea herradurensis (R. Knuth) P. Wilson ex León & Alain, Contr.
Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. Colegio “De La Salle” 8: 321. 1946;
Rajania herradurensis R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-
Dahlem 7: 222. 1917.
NUMBER 98 • 303
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39, 147.
Note: Considered threatened by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Helmia psilostachya Kunth = Rajania psilostachya Uline ex R. Knuth
Maba grisebachii Hiern = Diospyros grisebachii (Hiern) Standl.
Rajania angustifolia Sw., Prodr. 59. 1788.
Rajania minutiflora Uline, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 221.
1917.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola.
References: 3, 5, 30, 132, 147, 565.
Rajania bahamensis R. Knuth = Rajania microphylla Kunth
Rajania baracoensis R. Kunth = Rajania tenuiflora R. Knuth
Rajania cephalocarpa Uline ex R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-
Dahlem 7: 221. 1917.
Dioscorea rigida R. Knuth, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 79. 1925.
Rajania hermannii R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 222.
1917.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 39, 147, 565.
Note: Considered threatened by the Red List of the Vascular Flora of
Cuba (39).
Rajania cordata L., Sp. Pl. 1032. 1753, var. cordata
Dioscorea cyclophylla Urb., Symb. Antill. 6: 4. 1909; Rajania
cyclophylla (Urb.) R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7:
218. 1917.
Dioscorea scorpioidea C. Wright in F.A. Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci.
Méd. Habana 8: 74. 1871.
Rajania cordata L. var. microcarpa Uline ex Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart.
Berlin-Dahlem 7: 219. 1917.
Rajania hastata sensu Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 450. 1850, non L.
Rajania ovata sensu authors, non Sw.
Rajania pleioneura Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I. 588. 1864.
Rajania sintenisii Uline in I. Urban, Symb. Antill. 3: 281. 1902.
Rajania venosa R. Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 219.
1917.
Distribution: Endemic to West Indies; native to Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas), and
Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Dominica, Martinique, Montserrat, St.
Kitts, St. Vincent).
Common Names: Alambrillo (Cuba), Ñambriz, Ñame de la India
(Dominican Republic), Himber, Wild yam (Jamaica), bâtard,
Igname Igname-bamboche ouaoua, Wa-wa (Lesser Antilles),
Bejuco de guaraguo, Gúayaro, Ñame de la India, Ñame gulembo
(Puerto Rico), Wild yam (Virgin Islands).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 30, 32, 61, 123, 131, 132, 147, 340, 350,
565.
Rajania cordata L. var. cymulifera Uline ex Knuth, Notizbl. Bot. Gart.
Berlin-Dahlem 7: 220. 1917.
Distribution: Endemic to Puerto Rico.
Reference: 565.
Rajania cordata L. var. microcarpa Uline ex Knuth = Rajania cordata L.
var. cordata
Rajania cubensis Kunth = Rajania quinquefolia L.
Rajania cyclophylla (Urb.) R. Knuth = Rajania cordata L. var. cordata
Rajania ekmanii R. Knuth, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 80.
1925.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
References: 3, 147, 565.
Rajania flexuosa Bello = Dioscorea alata L.