PLANTS Profile for Dioscorea elephantipes (hottentot-bread)

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PLANTS Profile

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

Symbol:

DIEL2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Duration:

None

Not in PFA

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Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

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Related Taxa:
Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Hér.) Engl.

View 2 genera in Dioscoreaceae, 29 species in Dioscorea

Classification:
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

More Accounts and Images:
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.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:17 AM CDT