Family Dioscoreaceae Brown 1810
Angiospermae - Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae
Parent taxon: Dioscoreales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Burmanniaceae, Nartheciaceae, Varipilicutis
Subtaxa: Asterocalyx Dioscorea Dioscoreophyllum Dioscorites Prototamus Rimilatericutis Tacca
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: