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Dioscorea

Plum. ex L.
1753
yam
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Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates. It was named by the monk Charles Plumier after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides. ...read more on Wikipedia.

690 Dioscorea species found, including:

Dioscorea amazonum2Dioscorea biloba2Dioscorea buchananii2Dioscorea carpomaculata2Dioscorea cayenensisyellow guinea yam2Dioscorea chaponensis2Dioscorea collettii3Dioscorea convolvulaceabarbasquillo2Dioscorea glandulosa2Dioscorea hirtiflora3Dioscorea humilis2Dioscorea japonicajapanese yam4Dioscorea nipponicafan-leaf mountain yam2Dioscorea peperoides2Dioscorea planistipulosa2Dioscorea pohlii2Dioscorea preussiipreuss' dioscorea2Dioscorea sagittifolia2Dioscorea sambiranensis2Dioscorea subcalva2
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