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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Dioscorea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Dioscorea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Dioscoreales Hook.f. pub. 1876       Familia  Dioscoreaceae R. Br. pub. Prodr.: 294. 27 Mar 1810, nom. cons. common name: Yams       Subfamilia  Dioscoreoideae (R. Br.) Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 134. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Dioscoreeae Bernh. pub. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., s�r. 2, 18: 308. Nov 1842.       Genus  Dioscorea L. pub. (1753) common name: yam

Named members of the Genus Dioscorea

1	Species  alata L. common name: water yam
2	Species  altissima Lam. common name: dunguey
3	Species  batatas Dcne. syn. Dioscorea oppositifolia common name: cinnamon vine
4	Species  bulbifera L. common name: air yam
5	Species  cayenensis Lam. common name: yellow guinea yam
6	Species  cayennensis Lam. common name: yellow yam
7	Species  composita Hemsley common name: yam
8	Species  convolvulacea Cham. & Schldl. common name: yam
9	Species  dumetorum (Kunth) Pax common name: bitter yam
10	Species  elephantipes (L'Her.) Engl. common name: hottentot-bread
11	Species  esculenta (Lour.) Burkill common name: lesser yam
12	Species  floribunda C. Martius & Galeotti common name: yam
13	Species  floridana Bartlett common name: Florida yam
14	Species  glauca Muhl. ex Bartlett syn. Dioscorea quaternata
15	Species  hirticaulis Bartlett syn. Dioscorea villosa
16	Species  hispida Dennst. common name: intoxicating yam
17	Species  japonica Thunb. common name: Japanese yam
18	Species  macrostachya Benth. common name: yam
19	Species  nummularia Lam. common name: yam
20	Species  oppositifolia L. common name: Chinese yam
21	Species  pentaphylla L. common name: fiveleaf yam
22	Species  pilosiuscula Bertero ex Spreng. common name: bulbous yam
23	Species  polygonoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. common name: mata gallina
24	Species  praehensilis Benth. common name: bush yam
25	Species  preussii Pax common name: Preuss' dioscorea
26	Species  quaternata J.F. Gmel.
	27    Varietas  glauca (Muhl. ex Bartlett) Fern. syn. Dioscorea quaternata
28	Species  rotundata Poir. common name: Guinea yam
29	Species  sansibarensis Pax common name: Zanzibar yam
30	Species  spiculiflora Hemsley common name: yam
31	Species  trifida L. f. common name: Indian yam
32	Species  villosa L. common name: wild yam
	33    Varietas  floridana (Bartlett) Ahles syn. Dioscorea floridana 34    Varietas  glabrifolia (Bartlett) Fern. syn. Dioscorea quaternata 35    Varietas  hirticaulis (Bartlett) Ahles syn. Dioscorea villosa

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.