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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.
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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 . However, the circumscription changed in the APG II system, with the 2003 system expanded to include the plants that in the 1998 system were treated in the ...
Dioscorea trilinguis it is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a climbing tuberous geophyte that is native to southeastern Brazil ( Bahia , Rio de Janeiro , São Paulo ), and is found growing in tropical forests , dry forests, and on clay soil.
Dioscorea variifolia is a species of plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. [1] It is a perennial climbing herb endemic to Chile, distributed between the Coquimbo and ...
Dioscorea trifida is a species of flowering plant in the family Dioscoreaceae. It is a species of yam (genus Dioscorea). It is native to the Caribbean and Central and South America. [1] Its many common names include Indian yam, [2] cush-cush, and yampee. [1]
Dioscorea communis or Tamus communis is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae and is commonly known as black bryony, lady's-seal or black bindweed. [ 2 ] Description
Dioscorea sericea (common names: wild yam, colic-root, rheumatism-root) [2] is a type of climbing tuberous geophyte in the family Dioscoreaceae. [3]