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Dioscorea bulbifera

Angiospermae - Dioscoreales - Dioscoreaceae

Taxonomy
Dioscorea bulbifera was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. liblarensis, D. longicuspis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—Monocots
RankNameAuthor
orderDioscorealesBrown 1835
familyDioscoreaceaeBrown 1810
genusDioscorea
speciesbulbifera

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dioscorea bulbifera Linnaeus 1753
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available