Datasets

datasets have provided data to the Atlas of Living Australia for this genus.

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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Dioscorea L.
  • APC
According to:Telford, I.R.H. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1986), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of Australia 46
Published in:Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2 [1032]
Synonym Source
Tamus L. synonym
  • NZOR
Common Name Source
Yams Australia Australia
  • APC
Ngangarangi Maori New Zealand New Zealand
  • NZOR
Uhi Maori New Zealand New Zealand
  • NZOR
Uwhi Maori New Zealand New Zealand
  • NZOR
Uwhikāho Maori New Zealand New Zealand
  • NZOR
Name Source
Dioscorea L. accepted
  • APC
Dioscorea L. accepted
  • NZOR
Identifier Source
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/473220 Taxon Concept current
  • APC
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/01cd42e8-d6a4-478b-9c78-ee7727e129a3 Scientific Name current
  • NZOR
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51283461 Taxon current
  • APC
NZOR-6-78666 Taxon current
  • NZOR
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/65872 Scientific Name current
  • APC
http://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51283461 Taxon unknown
  • APC

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Charophyta
class
Equisetopsida
subclass
Magnoliidae
superorder
Lilianae
order
Dioscoreales
family
Dioscoreaceae
genus
Dioscorea
species
Dioscorea alata L. 
species
Dioscorea bulbifera L. 
species
Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin 
species
Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill 
species
Dioscorea hastifolia Nees 
species
Dioscorea pentaphylla L. 
species
Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. 
species
Dioscorea transversa R.Br. 

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