| Name | Dioscorea alata Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Dioscorea Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317625-1 |
| Holdings | 21 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Dioscorea alata Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (20), 2006 (1) |