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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.
hottentot-bread

       
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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

View 2 genera in Dioscoreaceae, 29 species in Dioscorea
 

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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Dioscoreaceae – Yam family
Genus Dioscorea L. – yam
Species Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl. – hottentot-bread
 

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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 506489.

 
 
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