Scientific or common name:

Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill

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DIOSCOREACEAE - Yam family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
Nomencl. ref.: Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 1: 396. 1917
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Lesser yam
English name: Asiatic yam
English name: Chinese yam
Spanish name: batata de China
French name: igname des blancs
German name: chinesischer Yam

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Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. esculenta
2) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. tiliaefolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet

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TAXONOMY

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

1) Dioscorea alata L. 2) Dioscorea altissima Lam. 3) Dioscorea batatas Decne. 4) Dioscorea bulbifera L. 5) Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. 6) Dioscorea cayennensis Lam., orth. var. 7) Dioscorea composita Hemsl. 8) Dioscorea convolvulacea Cham. & Schltdl. 9) Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax 10) Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. 11) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill 12) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. esculenta 13) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. tiliaefolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet 14) Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti 15) Dioscorea floridana Bartlett 16) Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex Bartlett 17) Dioscorea hirticaulis Bartlett 18) Dioscorea hispida Dennst. 19) Dioscorea japonica Thunb. 20) Dioscorea latifolia Benth. [excluded] 21) Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. 22) Dioscorea nummularia Lam. 23) Dioscorea oppositifolia L. 24) Dioscorea pentaphylla L. 25) Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng. 26) Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. 27) Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. 28) Dioscorea preussii Pax 29) Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. 30) Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. var. glauca (Muhl. ex Bartlett) Fernald 31) Dioscorea rotundata Poir. 32) Dioscorea sagittata Poir. [excluded] 33) Dioscorea sansibarensis Pax 34) Dioscorea spiculiflora Hemsl. 35) Dioscorea trifida L. f. 36) Dioscorea villosa L. 37) Dioscorea villosa L. var. floridana (Bartlett) H.E. Ahles 38) Dioscorea villosa L. var. glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fernald 39) Dioscorea villosa L. var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E. Ahles

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Page counter: 389 ( AVG: 203.72 / 137.546 )

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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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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Dioscoreaceae)
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1) Dioscorea (yam) 2) Rajania

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Common names (Dioscorea)
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1) (no name) 2) Air yam (Dioscorea bulbifera) 3) Bitter yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) 4) Bulbous yam (Dioscorea pilosiuscula) 5) Bush yam (Dioscorea praehensilis) 6) Chinese yam (Dioscorea oppositifolia) 7) Dunguey (Dioscorea altissima) 8) Fiveleaf yam (Dioscorea pentaphylla) 9) Florida yam (Dioscorea floridana) 10) Fourleaf yam (Dioscorea quaternata) 11) Guinea yam (Dioscorea rotundata) 12) Hottentot-bread (Dioscorea elephantipes) 13) Indian yam (Dioscorea trifida) 14) Intoxicating yam (Dioscorea hispida) 15) Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica) 16) Lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) 17) Mata gallina (Dioscorea polygonoides) 18) Preuss' dioscorea (Dioscorea preussii) 19) Water yam (Dioscorea alata) 20) Wild yam (Dioscorea villosa) 21) Yam (Dioscorea composita) 22) Yellow guinea yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) 23) Zanzibar yam (Dioscorea sansibarensis)

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More species:
1) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. esculenta [388]
2) Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill var. tiliaefolia (Kunth) Fosberg & Sachet [333]
3) Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti [345]
4) Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex Bartlett [176]
5) Dioscorea hispida Dennst. [330]
6) Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. [331]
7) Dioscorea pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng. [340]
8) Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. var. glauca (Muhl. ex Bartlett) Fernald [175]
9) Dioscorea villosa L. [471]
10) Diospyros digyna Jacq. [323]

22-Sep-2023 - Week-38

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