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    Species Accepted

    Dioscorea alata L.

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 45 countries or islands

      45 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Antigua and BarbudaNo
      AustraliaNo
      Burkina FasoNo
      BurundiNo
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaNoUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaNoUnknown
      BrazilNo
      BahamasYes
      BelizeNo
      Congo, The Democratic Republic of theNo
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      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

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Sp. Pl.: 1033 (1753) Published in
      Tabl. École Bot.: 21 (1804)
      Gen. Pl.: 12 (1866)
      Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 798 (1832)
      Prain. (1903). Bengal Pl. 2: 1067 (1903).
      Bull. Écon. Indochine 8: 117 (1950)
      Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 799 (1832)
      Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3: 368 (1912)
      Bello. (1883). Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 124 (1883).
      Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Agric. Arts Lille, sér. 4, 20: 372 (1894)

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