PLANTS Profile for Dioscorea rotundata (Guinea yam)

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PLANTS Profile

Dioscorea rotundata Poir.
Guinea yam

Symbol:

DIRO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Dioscoreaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Vine
Forb/herb

More Information:

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Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

Distribution:
Dioscorea rotundata Poir.


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Related Taxa:
Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

View 2 genera in Dioscoreaceae, 29 species in Dioscorea

Classification:
Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

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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 rotundata Poir. – Guinea yam

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Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43376.

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Dioscorea rotundata Poir.

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 04:23 PM MST