PLANTS Profile for Dioscorea pentaphylla (fiveleaf yam)

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PLANTS Profile

Dioscorea pentaphylla L.
fiveleaf yam

Symbol:

DIPE2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:


Other common names:
	pi`a

More Information:

Images:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

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Distribution:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

View 2 genera in Dioscoreaceae, 29 species in Dioscorea

Classification:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


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 pentaphylla L. – fiveleaf yam

Introduced Information:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43379.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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Dioscorea pentaphylla L.

HI-Plants of Hawaii (HEAR)

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:51 AM CDT