Characteristics
Dicots
Pachyrhizus erosus (L.)Urb.
YAM BEAN
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Not Native
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Classification
Citation
PACHYRHIZUS EROSUS (Linnaeus) Urban, Symb. Antill. 4: 311. 1905.
Dolichos erosus Linnaeus 1753.
MEXICO: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia pl. 52(4). 1691). Lectotypified by Sorensen, Nordic J. Bot. 8: 169, 177. 1988.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Brevard
FLAS
Miami-Dade
USF
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cacara erosa
Cacara erosa (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 165. 1891.
BASIONYM: Dolichos erosus Linnaeus 1753.
Cacara palmatiloba
Cacara palmatiloba (Moçiño & Sessé y Lacastra ex de Candolle) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 165. 1891.
BASIONYM: Dolichos palmatilobus Moçiño & Sessé y Lacastra ex de Candolle 1825.
Dolichos articulatus
Dolichos articulatus Lamarck, Encycl. 2: 296. 1786.
TYPE: Without data (holotype: Plumier, Pl. Amer. t. 222. 1759).
Dolichos bulbosus
Dolichos bulbosus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1021. 1763, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Dolichos erosus Linnaeus 1753.
Dolichos erosus
Dolichos erosus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 726. 1753.
TYPE: MEXICO: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia pl. 52(4). 1691). Lectotypified by Sorensen, Nordic J. Bot. 8: 169, 177. 1988.
Dolichos palmatilobus
Dolichos palmatilobus Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 399. 1825.
TYPE: MEXICO: Without data (lectotype: Moçiño & Sesse y Lacasta illustration at Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation). Lectotypified by Sorensen, Nordic J. Bot. 8: 177. 1988.
Pachyrhizus angulatus
Pachyrhizus angulatus Richard ex de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 402. 1825, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Dolichos erosus Linnaeus 1753.
Pachyrhizus articulatus
Pachyrhizus articulatus (Lamarck) Duchassaing de Fontbressin & Walpers, Flora 36: 226. 1853.
BASIONYM: Dolichos articulatus Lamarck 1786.
Pachyrhizus bulbosus
Pachyrhizus bulbosus Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 45(2): 246. 1876, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Dolichos bulbosus Linnaeus 1763, nom. illegit.; Dolichos erosus Linnaeus 1753.
Pachyrhizus erosus var. palmatilobus
Pachyrhizus erosus (Linnaeus) Urban, var. palmatilobus (Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle) R. T. Clausen, Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. Mem. 8: 177. 1988.
BASIONYM: Dolichos palmatilobus Moçiño & Sessé y Lacasta ex de Candolle 1825.
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Chester, Miami-Dade, Pickens
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1873 - 1992
Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
USA
Pennsylvania
Chester Co.
23 Oct 1959
1493
S. D. WikoffCULTIVATED. Acc. 59361; P.I. number 168607.