Order Dioscoreales Brown 1835

Angiospermae - Dioscoreales

Parent taxon: Monocots according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016

See also Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Acorales, Aglaoreidia, Araceae, Arecaceae, Arecales, Asparagales, Commelinales, Commelinids, Liliaceae, Liliales, Pandanales, Petrosaviales, Poales, Zingiberales

Subtaxa: Burmanniaceae Dioscoreaceae Nartheciaceae Varipilicutis

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene of China (1 collection)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Ethiopia (1), Germany (1), Kenya (4), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of Ethiopia (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: Colorado)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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