Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.


DIOSCOREACEAE Family selection - Yam family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3(1): 233. 1789 [19 Oct 1789]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Yellow guinea yam
en English name: attoto yam
English name: Lagos yam
German name: gelbe Yamswurzel

Grown habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Dioscorea cayennensis Lam., orth. var.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA+ (Puerto Rico)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Dioscorea cayennensis Lam., orth. var. [327]
2) Dioscorea composita Hemsl. [373]
3) Dioscorea convolvulacea Cham. & Schltdl. [289]
4) Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. [631]
5) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. esculenta [409]
6) Dioscorea floridana Bartlett [416]
7) Dioscorea japonica Thunb. [306]
8) Dioscorea pentaphylla L. [1982]
9) Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. var. glauca (Muhl. ex Bartlett) Fernald [212]
10) Dioscorea villosa L. var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald [215]

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