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Dioscorea (yam)
Taxonomy
Dioscorea was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Dioscoreaceae by Knowlton (1919), Jacobs and Kabuye (1987) and Pan et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Dioscoreaceae by Knowlton (1919), Jacobs and Kabuye (1987) and Pan et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Dioscorea Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Dioscorea Knowlton |
| 1987 | Dioscorea Jacobs and Kabuye p. 150 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Dioscorea Pan et al. p. 18 |
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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.
G. Dioscorea Linnaeus 1753 [yam]
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†Dioscorea cretacea Lesquereux 1874
†Dioscorea wilkinii Pan et al. 2014
Invalid names: Lasiophyton Uline 1897 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available