Dioscoreaceae (/ˌdaɪəˌskɔːriˈeɪsii/) is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera. The best-known member...

22 genera and about 850 species. Dioscoreales contains the family Dioscoreaceae, which notably includes the yams (Dioscorea) and several other bulbous...

aerial yam, and parsnip yam) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia. It is widely cultivated...

or Tamus communis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae and is commonly known as black bryony, lady's-seal or black bindweed...

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...

is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dioscorea of the family Dioscoreaceae, native to the dry interior of South Africa. It is a deciduous climber...

dicotyledonous plants, and also in the net-veined Monocots: the Araceae and Dioscoreaceae.[citation needed] Palisade cells are located beneath the upper epidermis...

the common name for some plant species in the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae) that form edible tubers (some other species in the genus being toxic)...

referred to as a yam, though it is not related to tubers of the family Dioscoreaceae. Wild forms grow naturally in China and Southeast Asia. Konjac has been...

Botanic Gardens, Kew, ISBN 978-1-84246-422-9, p. 124 Raz, Lauren (2002). "Dioscoreaceae". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North...