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

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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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