| Name | Dioscorea pyrifolia var. ferruginea Prain & Burkill |
| Authorship | Prain & Burkill |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Dioscorea pyrifolia Kunth |
| Citation | 1914 J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 10: 33 |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dioscorea pyrifolia var. ferruginea Prain & Burkill |
| Identification made in | [no date] (4) |