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    Species Accepted

    Dioscorea alata L.

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 6 countries or islands

      6 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
      BurundiNo
      Micronesia, Federated States ofNo
      JamaicaNo
      ComorosNo
      SurinameNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      25 results
      Greater Yams English
      Guyana arrowroot English
      Water Yam English
      Yams English
      cará Portuguese
      cará branco Portuguese
      cará roxo Portuguese
      geflügelter Yam German
      grande igname French
      greater yam English

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Tabl. École Bot.: 21 (1804)
      Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866)
      Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 798 (1832)
      Bello. (1883). Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 124 (1883).
      Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 799 (1832)
      Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 368 (1912)
      Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Agric. Arts Lille, sér. 4, 20: 372 (1894)
      Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 797 (1832)
      Fl. Cochinch.: 625 (1790)
      Prain. (1903). Bengal Pl. 2: 1067 (1903).

      Citation

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