Dioscorea nipensis R. A. Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 119. 1947

is blocking name for Rajania nipensis R. A. Howard in J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 117. 1947

Tipo: "Lectotipo (designado aquí): [Cuba, prov. Holguín], 15 km. southwest of Compania de Moa mill, Moa, vine in thickets, fls. yellow, limestone ravine, 25-VII-1941, Howard 5873 (GH #30362 [♂]!; isolectotipos: GH #30361 [♂]!, US #65469 [♂]!)."1

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1. Pérez Camacho, J. & Raz, L. 2017: Dioscoreaceae. – In: Greuter, W. & Rankin Rodríguez, R. (ed.), Flora de la República de Cuba, Ser. A, Plantas vasculares, Fasc. 22