Dioscorea aculeata Linnaeus 1753 (yam)
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Angiospermae - Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Belongs to Dioscorea according to C. Linnaeus 1753
Sister taxa: Dioscorea alata, Dioscorea bulbifera, Dioscorea cretacea, Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea pentaphylla, Dioscorea sativa, Dioscorea triphylla, Dioscorea villosa, Dioscorea wilkinii, Lasiophyton
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dioscorea aculeata in the database
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