Dioscoreaceae (/ˌdaɪəˌskɔːriˈeɪsii/) is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera. The best-known member...
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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...
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22 genera and about 850 species. Dioscoreales contains the family Dioscoreaceae, which notably includes the yams (Dioscorea) and several other bulbous...
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dicotyledonous plants, and also in the net-veined Monocots: the Araceae and Dioscoreaceae.[citation needed] Palisade cells are located beneath the upper epidermis...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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