Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca (Palib.) S.J.Pei & C.T.Ting [Dioscoreaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Dioscorea collettii Hook.f.
Infraspecies:: 2

Dioscorea collettii var. collettii

Dioscorea collettii var. izuensis (Akahori) Hiroshi Noda & M.N.Tamura

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dioscoreae hypoglaucae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dioscoreae hypoglaucae rhizome	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fen bei jie	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fen bei shu ping	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fen bei shu yu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fen bi xie	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fenbixie	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
fish poison yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hypoglaucous collett yam	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
hypoglaucous collett yam rhizoma	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
hypoglaucous collett yam rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizoma dioscoreae hypoglaucae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tokoro yam	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tokoyo yam	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
粉萆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
粉萆薢	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
萆薢	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea hypoglauca Palib. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 6: 21 (1906).
Dioscorea kaoi T.S.Liu & T.C.Huang Taiwania 7: 33 (1960).
Dioscorea morsei Prain & Burkill J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 4: 454 (1908).
Dioscorea undulata R.Knuth in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 43: 315 (1924).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea collettii Hook. f. var. hypoglauca (Palib.) C. Pei & C. T. Ting	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Dioscorea collettii Hook. f. var. hypoglauca (Palibin) Pei & C.T.Ting	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dioscorea collettii Hook. f. var. hypoglauca (Palibin) Péi et Ting.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca (Palib.) C. T. Ting	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca (Palib.) S.J.Pei & C.T.Ting	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Dioscorea hypoglauca	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Dioscorea hypoglauca Palib.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Dioscorea hypoglauca Palibin	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dioscorea hypoglauca Pellet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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