Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
DIOSCOREACEAE
- Yam family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 1032. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Fiveleaf yam
Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:
Page counter: 2003 ( AVG: 222.11 / 291.222 )
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Dioscorea pentaphylla
Habit at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Habit at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Habit at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Honomanu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Leaves at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Dioscorea pentaphylla
Habit at Nahiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (Hawaii)
(*) 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 pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng. [375]
2) Dioscorea polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. [294]
3) Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. [308]
4) Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel. var. glauca (Muhl. ex Bartlett) Fernald [218]
5) Dioscorea villosa L. [504]
6) Dioscorea villosa L. var. hirticaulis (Bartlett) H.E. Ahles [209]
7) Diospyros discolor Willd. [214]
8) Diospyros ferrea (Willd.) Bakh. var. kauaiensis Fosberg [194]
9) Diospyros lotus L. [1146]
10) Diospyros sandwicensis (A. DC.) Fosberg var. lanaiensis (Fosberg) H. St. John [171]
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