Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Dioscorea villosa L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett, Dioscorea paniculata Michx., Dioscorea villosa L. var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) Ahles

Common names:

Atlantic yam (1942) (155)

China root (1869-1876) (58, 92)

Colic root [Colic-root, Colicroot] (1892-1936) (5, 6, 49, 53, 57, 58, 64, 75, 92, 93, 156, 158)

Devil's-bones [Devil's bones] (1892-1923) (6, 64, 92, 156, 158)

Dioscorea (1905-1919) (52, 54, 57, 64)

Dioscorea quaternata et quinata (1803) (168)

Iguame Indigené (1892, French) (6)

Rheumatism root [Rheumatism-root] (1892-1923) (6, 49, 64, 156, 158)

Wild yam (1828-Present) (3, 7, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 61, 64, 92, 122, 124, 156, 158)

Wild yam root [Wild yam-root] (1874-1937) (2, 5, 6, 72, 93, 97, 156)

Wilde Yam (1892 German) (6)

Yam root (1840) (19)