Dioscoreaceae
Dioscorea cumingii
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Genus
- Dioscorea
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 吕宋薯蓣, 蘭嶼田薯
Synonyms
- Dioscorea cumingii var. inaequifolia (Elmer ex Prain & Burkill) Burkill
- Dioscorea cumingii var. polyphylla (R.Knuth) Burkill
- Dioscorea echinata R.Knuth
- Dioscorea elmeri Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea heptaphylla Sasaki
- Dioscorea inaequifolia Elmer ex Prain & Burkill
- Dioscorea polyphylla R.Knuth
Photos
Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: UPLB MNH Digital Archives, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 林正文, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: pschen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.