| Name | Dioscorea nitida R. Knuth |
| Authorship | R. Knuth |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Dioscorea Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:318325-1 |
| Citation | 1917 Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 191 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dioscorea nitida R. Knuth |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |