Dioscorea {genus} - Tracheophyta; Liliopsida; Dioscoreales; Dioscoreaceae;

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Sub-taxa

Species (249)
  1. Dioscorea abyssinica [2]
  2. Dioscorea alata [58]
  3. Dioscorea alatipes [2]
  4. Dioscorea althaeoides [2]
  5. Dioscorea amaranthoides [1]
  6. Dioscorea antaly [1]
  7. Dioscorea arachidna [1]
  8. Dioscorea arcuatinervis [1]
  9. Dioscorea aspersa [5]
  10. Dioscorea astericus [1]
  11. Dioscorea banzhuana [5]
  12. Dioscorea belophylla [4]
  13. Dioscorea bemarivensis [1]
  14. Dioscorea benthamii [7]
  15. Dioscorea biformifolia [4]
  16. Dioscorea birmanica [1]
  17. Dioscorea brachybotrya [2]
  18. Dioscorea brevipetiolata [1]
  19. Dioscorea brownii [1]
  20. Dioscorea buchananii [3]
  21. Dioscorea bulbifera [94]
  22. Dioscorea bulbifera L. [14]
  23. Dioscorea bulbifera var. bulbifera [1]
  24. Dioscorea bulbifera var. sativa [1]
  25. Dioscorea bulbifera var. vera [6]
  26. Dioscorea burchelii [2]
  27. Dioscorea burkilliana [1]
  28. Dioscorea calcicola [2]
  29. Dioscorea caucasica [3]
  30. Dioscorea cayennensis [1]
  31. Dioscorea cf. adenocarpa [1]
  32. Dioscorea cf. apurimacensis [1]
  33. Dioscorea cf. furcata [1]
  34. Dioscorea cf. orbiculata [13]
  35. Dioscorea cf. tanalarum [1]
  36. Dioscorea chouardii [1]
  37. Dioscorea cirrhosa [46]
  38. Dioscorea cirrhosa var. cirrhosa [1]
  39. Dioscorea cirrhosa var. cylindrica [10]
  40. Dioscorea collettii [26]
  41. Dioscorea collettii var. hypoglauca [20]
  42. Dioscorea communis [22]
  43. Dioscorea composita [8]
  44. Dioscorea coriacea [2]
  45. Dioscorea cotinifolia [5]
  46. Dioscorea cumingii [2]
  47. Dioscorea daunea [1]
  48. Dioscorea decipiens [17]
  49. Dioscorea decipiens var. glabrescens [4]
  50. Dioscorea delavayi [6]
  51. Dioscorea deltoidea [16]
  52. Dioscorea dodecaneura [3]
  53. Dioscorea dregeana [5]
  54. Dioscorea dumetorum [5]
  55. Dioscorea edulis [1]
  56. Dioscorea elephantipes [7]
  57. Dioscorea entomophila [3]
  58. Dioscorea esculenta [9]
  59. Dioscorea esculenta var. esculenta [1]
  60. Dioscorea esculenta var. fasciculata [2]
  61. Dioscorea esculenta var. spinosa [9]
  62. Dioscorea esquirolii [6]
  63. Dioscorea exalata [26]
  64. Dioscorea fandra [1]
  65. Dioscorea floribunda [3]
  66. Dioscorea floridana [4]
  67. Dioscorea fordii [19]
  68. Dioscorea formosana [2]
  69. Dioscorea futschauensis [11]
  70. Dioscorea galeottiana [2]
  71. Dioscorea gillettii [3]
  72. Dioscorea glabra [14]
  73. Dioscorea glomerulata [4]
  74. Dioscorea gracillima [46]
  75. Dioscorea guerrerensis [1]
  76. Dioscorea hamiltonii [44]
  77. Dioscorea hemicrypta [4]
  78. Dioscorea hemsleyi [5]
  79. Dioscorea hexagona [2]
  80. Dioscorea hispida [25]
  81. Dioscorea inopinata [2]
  82. Dioscorea intermedia [1]
  83. Dioscorea japonica [41]
  84. Dioscorea japonica var. pilifera [8]
  85. Dioscorea kalkapershadii [2]
  86. Dioscorea kamoonensis [17]
  87. Dioscorea karatana [1]
  88. Dioscorea kituiensis [1]
  89. Dioscorea lanata [2]
  90. Dioscorea larecajensis [1]
  91. Dioscorea lehmannii [2]
  92. Dioscorea lepcharum [2]
  93. Dioscorea longirhiza [1]
  94. Dioscorea maciba [2]
  95. Dioscorea marginata [1]
  96. Dioscorea martini [2]
  97. Dioscorea mcvaughii [2]
  98. Dioscorea megalantha [3]
  99. Dioscorea melanophyma [6]
  100. Dioscorea membranacea [2]
  101. Dioscorea menglaensis [8]
  102. Dioscorea meridensis [1]
  103. Dioscorea mexicana [2]
  104. Dioscorea minima [1]
  105. Dioscorea minutiflora [2]
  106. Dioscorea monandra [3]
  107. Dioscorea multiloba [1]
  108. Dioscorea mundtii [2]
  109. Dioscorea namorokensis [1]
  110. Dioscorea nelsonii [1]
  111. Dioscorea nipponica [18]
  112. Dioscorea nipponica subsp. rosthornii [20]
  113. Dioscorea nitens [14]
  114. Dioscorea nummularia [2]
  115. Dioscorea oppositifolia [16]
  116. Dioscorea orientalis [1]
  117. Dioscorea oryzetorum [2]
  118. Dioscorea ovinala [1]
  119. Dioscorea panthaica [8]
  120. Dioscorea parviflora [3]
  121. Dioscorea pentaphylla [29]
  122. Dioscorea pentaphylla var. communis [1]
  123. Dioscorea pentaphylla var. linnaei [2]
  124. Dioscorea pentaphylla var. pentaphylla [2]
  125. Dioscorea pentaphylla var. rheedei [1]
  126. Dioscorea persimilis var. pubescens [2]
  127. Dioscorea petelotii [2]
  128. Dioscorea polygonoides [8]
  129. Dioscorea polystachya [84]
  130. Dioscorea polystachya (batatas) [2]
  131. Dioscorea praehensilis [2]
  132. Dioscorea prazeri [3]
  133. Dioscorea preussii [3]
  134. Dioscorea puber [2]
  135. Dioscorea pyrenaica [2]
  136. Dioscorea pyrifolia [8]
  137. Dioscorea quinquelobata [3]
  138. Dioscorea rockii [1]
  139. Dioscorea rotundata [6]
  140. Dioscorea rupicola [1]
  141. Dioscorea salicifolia [4]
  142. Dioscorea sansibarensis [10]
  143. Dioscorea schimperiana [10]
  144. Dioscorea scortechinii var. parviflora [2]
  145. Dioscorea septemloba [14]
  146. Dioscorea simulans [5]
  147. Dioscorea sinoparviflora [2]
  148. Dioscorea smilacifolia [1]
  149. Dioscorea soso [1]
  150. Dioscorea sp. [18]
  151. Dioscorea sp. K2 [1]
  152. Dioscorea sp. K13 [2]
  153. Dioscorea sp. K15 [1]
  154. Dioscorea sp. K18 [1]
  155. Dioscorea sp. K19 [1]
  156. Dioscorea sp. K23 [2]
  157. Dioscorea sp. K27 [1]
  158. Dioscorea sp. K29 [2]
  159. Dioscorea sp. K34 [1]
  160. Dioscorea sp. K41 [1]
  161. Dioscorea sp. K47 [2]
  162. Dioscorea sp. K58 [1]
  163. Dioscorea sp. K65 [1]
  164. Dioscorea sp. K70 [2]
  165. Dioscorea sp. K74 [1]
  166. Dioscorea sp. K76 [1]
  167. Dioscorea sp. K79 [2]
  168. Dioscorea sp. K80 [2]
  169. Dioscorea sp. K84 [1]
  170. Dioscorea sp. K86 [1]
  171. Dioscorea sp. K88 [1]
  172. Dioscorea sp. K93 [2]
  173. Dioscorea sp. K95 [1]
  174. Dioscorea sp. K96 [1]
  175. Dioscorea sp. K99 [1]
  176. Dioscorea sp. K100 [1]
  177. Dioscorea sp. K102 [1]
  178. Dioscorea sp. K113 [1]
  179. Dioscorea sp. K115 [1]
  180. Dioscorea sp. K116 [1]
  181. Dioscorea sp. K118 [1]
  182. Dioscorea sp. K121 [1]
  183. Dioscorea sp. K122 [1]
  184. Dioscorea sp. K123 [2]
  185. Dioscorea sp. K132 [2]
  186. Dioscorea sp. K133B [2]
  187. Dioscorea sp. K142 [1]
  188. Dioscorea sp. K143 [2]
  189. Dioscorea sp. K149 [2]
  190. Dioscorea sp. K150 [1]
  191. Dioscorea sp. K151 [1]
  192. Dioscorea sp. K152 [1]
  193. Dioscorea sp. K153 [2]
  194. Dioscorea sp. K155 [2]
  195. Dioscorea sp. K158 [2]
  196. Dioscorea sp. K191 [2]
  197. Dioscorea sp. K672 [2]
  198. Dioscorea sp. K682 [2]
  199. Dioscorea sp. K2761 [2]
  200. Dioscorea sp. KA2 [2]
  201. Dioscorea sp. KDio56 [1]
  202. Dioscorea sp. KDio57 [2]
  203. Dioscorea sp. KDio58 [2]
  204. Dioscorea sp. KDio59 [1]
  205. Dioscorea sp. KDio60 [1]
  206. Dioscorea sp. KDio63 [1]
  207. Dioscorea sp. KDio67 [1]
  208. Dioscorea sp. KDio71 [2]
  209. Dioscorea sp. KDio72 [1]
  210. Dioscorea sp. KDio75 [2]
  211. Dioscorea sp. KDio78 [1]
  212. Dioscorea sp. KEMBUA [2]
  213. Dioscorea sp. KMXK [2]
  214. Dioscorea sp. KMbeu [2]
  215. Dioscorea sp. KW1 [1]
  216. Dioscorea sp. KW2 [1]
  217. Dioscorea sp. KW4 [1]
  218. Dioscorea sp. KW6 [1]
  219. Dioscorea sp. KW7 [1]
  220. Dioscorea sp. KW8 [1]
  221. Dioscorea sp. KW9 [1]
  222. Dioscorea sp. KW10 [1]
  223. Dioscorea sp. TBGT68258 [1]
  224. Dioscorea sp. Zhang 494 [1]
  225. Dioscorea spicata [4]
  226. Dioscorea spiculiflora [3]
  227. Dioscorea spongiosa [2]
  228. Dioscorea stipulosa [2]
  229. Dioscorea strydomiana [2]
  230. Dioscorea subcalva [18]
  231. Dioscorea subcalva var. submollis [8]
  232. Dioscorea subhastata [2]
  233. Dioscorea suratensis [1]
  234. Dioscorea sylvatica [6]
  235. Dioscorea tentaculigera [7]
  236. Dioscorea tenuipes [9]
  237. Dioscorea tokoro [22]
  238. Dioscorea tomentosa [7]
  239. Dioscorea transversa [5]
  240. Dioscorea trichantha [1]
  241. Dioscorea urophylla [7]
  242. Dioscorea velutipes [2]
  243. Dioscorea vexans [2]
  244. Dioscorea villosa [21]
  245. Dioscorea wallichii [9]
  246. Dioscorea warburgiana [1]
  247. Dioscorea wightii [5]
  248. Dioscorea yunnanensis [2]
  249. Dioscorea zingiberensis [35]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 1,437 Public Records: 1,192
Specimens with Sequences: 1,371 Public Species: 219
Specimens with Barcodes: 1,320 Public BINs: 0
Species: 249          
Species With Barcodes: 236          
           

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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Dioscorea
(Dioscorea alata - AU-DIO-2) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Neha Nimbhorkar Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati university (Dioscorea astericus - OM4131) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg, African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) (Dioscorea belophylla - AU-DIO-1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2012) Neha Nimbhorkar Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati university
(Dioscorea benthamii - GBA-DWQJM173) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa Xue-Jun Ge Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Dioscorea buchananii - OM4130) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea bulbifera - OM3576) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg
(Dioscorea bulbifera L - NNP297) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Dioscorea cf. furcata - SanguinettiA0315) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (2017) Agustín Sanguinetti Agustín Sanguinetti (Dioscorea cirrhosa - MP1614) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies
(Dioscorea cirrhosa var. cirrhosa - Ge03987) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike Unspecified Herbarium of South China Botanical Garden (Dioscorea communis - NMW999) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea cotinifolia - OM1458) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea deltoidea - bal10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified University of Agriculture Faisalabad-Pakistan (Dioscorea dodecaneura - MIRL13-Ddod-03) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Dioscorea dregeana - OM2247) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea dumetorum - OM3953) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea elephantipes - OM4190) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg, African Centre for DNA Barcoding (ACDB) (Dioscorea entomophila - FML-ANG-000016a) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea esculenta - AU-DIO-7) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Neha Nimbhorkar Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati university (Dioscorea floridana - MIRL13-Dflo-03) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Dioscorea glomerulata - FML-ANG-000007a) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea hispida - AU-DIO-12) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Neha Nimbhorkar Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati university (Dioscorea japonica - Suzuki024) @11 [ ] Copyright (2021) Unspecified Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (Dioscorea kamoonensis - MP745) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies
(Dioscorea megalantha - FML-ANG-000015c) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea meridensis - MP490.1) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies (Dioscorea minutiflora - SPB11137) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea monandra - FML-ANG-000008c) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea oppositifolia - DNAFR000928) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG (Dioscorea pentaphylla - MP302) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) PHCDBS Paul Hebert Centre for DNA Barcoding and Biodiversity Studies
(Dioscorea polystachya - MIRL13-Dpol-06) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Dioscorea polystachya (batatas - MIRL13-Dpol-03) @11 [ ] Copyright (2018) Unspecified Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Dioscorea preussii - CDI-DW10083) @11 [ ] Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) yao83konan@gmail.com Institut Botanique Ake-Assi d Andokoi
(Dioscorea quinquelobata - TW025490) @11 [ ] Copyright (2021) Unspecified Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (Dioscorea rotundata - AU-DIO-9) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) Neha Nimbhorkar Sant Gadge Baba Amaravati university (Dioscorea sansibarensis - OM2421) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Dioscorea schimperiana - OM3532) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) Olivier Maurin University of Johannesburg (Dioscorea sp - AP-6980) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Unspecified Columbus State University (Dioscorea spiculiflora - BioBot05967) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Daniel H. Janzen Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund
(Dioscorea sylvatica - OM1433) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Dioscorea tenuipes - TW025476) @11 [ ] Copyright (2021) Unspecified Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (Dioscorea villosa - RBG 113) @11 [ ] Copyright (2009) Steven Newmaster University of Guelph BIO Herbarium
(Dioscorea wallichii - DNAFR000858) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG
(Dioscorea wallichii)
  Sample ID:
DNAFR000858
  License:
Copyright (2014)
  License Holder:
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Bank, GSBTM, DST, GoG

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