Dioscorea alata / [Species detail] / Plant Atlas

Classification

Monocots

Family

DIOSCOREACEAE

Genus

Dioscorea

Species

Dioscorea alata L.

Common Name

WHITE YAM

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

Status

Not Native FISC(I)

** Not applicable or data not available.

Supraordinal

Order

DIOSCOREALES

Family

Genus

Species

Dioscorea alata L. - WHITE YAM

DIOSCOREA ALATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1033. 1753.

Basionym

Type

Without data (lectotype: LINN 1184.2). Lectotypified by R. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Monocot. 506. 1979.

** Not applicable or data not available.