Ads
related to: dioscorea plant variegated
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates.
Dioscoreaceae (/ ˌ d aɪ ə ˌ s k ɔːr i ˈ eɪ s i i /) is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera. [4] The best-known member of the family is the yam (some species of Dioscorea). The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) both place it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots.
Dioscorea oppositifolia var. linnaei Prain & Burkill Dioscorea oppositifolia var. thwaitesii Prain & Burkill Dioscorea oppositifolia is a type of yam ( Dioscorea ) native to Myanmar ( Burma ) and to the Indian Subcontinent ( India , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh ).
Order Dioscoreales contains plants that are able to form an underground organ for reservation of nutritions as many other monocots. An exception is the family Burmanniaceae which is entirely myco-heterotrophic and contains species that lack photosynthetic abilities.
Dioscorea crinita Hook.f. accepted as Dioscorea quartiniana A.Rich. present; Dioscorea digitaria R.Knuth, accepted as Dioscorea multiloba Kunth, indigenous; Dioscorea diversifolia Kunth, accepted as Dioscorea multiloba Kunth, indigenous; Dioscorea dregeana (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz, indigenous; Dioscorea elephantipes (L'Her.) Engl. endemic
Dioscorea polystachya or Chinese yam (simplified Chinese: 山药; traditional Chinese: 山藥), also called cinnamon-vine, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the yam family. It is sometimes called Chinese potato or by its Korean name ma. [3] [2] It is also called huaishan in Mandarin and wàaih sāan in Cantonese.