Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea pentaphylla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Dioscoreaceae
Genera: Dioscorea – Rajania – Stenomeris – Tacca – Trichopus

Name

Dioscoreaceae R.Br. Prodr. 294. (1810) nom. cons.

• Type genus: Dioscorea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1032–1034. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Avetraceae Takht., Div. Classif. Fl. Pl. 524 (1997)
  • Stenomeridaceae J. Agardh
  • Taccaceae Dumort.
  • Tamaceae Martynov
  • Tamnaceae J. Kickx f.
  • Trichopodaceae Hutchinson, nom. cons.
    

Note: Tacca is also circumscribed in Taccaceae

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. pp. i–viii + 145–590, Londini: R.Taylor. BHL Reference page. : 294.
• Takhtajan, A.L. 1997. Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0231100984. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Caddick, L.R., Wilkin, P., Rudall, P.J., Hedderson, T.A.J. & Chase, M.W. 2002. Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. Taxon 51, 103-114.
• Huber, H. 1998. Dioscoreaceae. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (excluding Orchidaceae) 216-235.
• Lohmueller F.A. 2005. The Botanical System of the Plants[1]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Dioscoreaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 6. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Dioscoreaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Dioscoreaceae. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.

Vernacular names

العربية: ديسقورية
azərbaycanca: Dioskoreyakimilər
català: Dioscoreàcies
čeština: Smldincovité
Deutsch: Yamswurzelgewächse
English: Yam family
Esperanto: Dioskoreacoj
فارسی: تمیسیان
suomi: Jamssikasvit
Nordfriisk: Yamsplaanten
hrvatski: Bljuštovke
hornjoserbsce: Tučnokorjenjawkowe rostliny
日本語: ヤマノイモ科
Jawa: Gadhung
ქართული: დიოსკორეასებრნი
한국어: 마과
lietuvių: Dioskorėjiniai
മലയാളം: ഡയോസ്ക്കോറിയേസി
norsk: Yamsrotfamilien
polski: Pochrzynowate
русский: Диоскорейные
Sunda: Gadung
svenska: Jamsväxter
తెలుగు: డయోస్కోరియేసి
ไทย: วงศ์กลอย
українська: Діоскорейні
Tiếng Việt: Họ Củ nâu
中文（简体）: 薯蓣科
中文（繁體）: 薯蕷科

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