Dioscorea villosa

Characteristics
Angiosperms (Monocots)
DIOSCOREACEAE
Dioscorea
Dioscorea villosa L.
Common Wild Yam
Vine
Perennial
Vascular
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Native FAC (NWPL) G4G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
DIOSCOREALES
Dioscorea
Dioscorea villosa L. - Common Wild Yam
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359054>Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1033. 1753.</a>
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<a href=https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e6cdd186-e586-4d3d-91ae-b57fd7239f10>Without data, Clayton 94 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Al-Shehbaz & Schubert in J. Arnold Arbor. 70 : 70. 1989.</a>
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Dioscorea villosa - Richard Buckner -
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