Characteristics
Monocots
Dioscorea alata L.
WHITE YAM
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Not Native FISC(I)
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Classification
DIOSCOREALES
Dioscorea alata L. - WHITE YAM
Citation
DIOSCOREA ALATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1033. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: LINN 1184.2). Lectotypified by R. Howard, Fl. Less. Antill., Monocot. 506. 1979.
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