Name:		Dioscorea L. [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Dioscoreaceae R. Br. [Family] Liliales [Order] Liliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea altissima Lam. Dioscorea anguina Roxb. Dioscorea batatas Decne. Dioscorea batatus Dioscorea beccariana Martelli Dioscorea belophylla Voigt Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky Dioscorea cayenensis Lam. Dioscorea cayennensis Lam. Dioscorea cochleari-apiculata De Wild. Dioscorea composita Hemsl. Dioscorea convolvulacea Cham. & Schlecht. Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax Dioscorea dumetorum Th. Dur. et Schinz Dioscorea esculenta Burkill Dioscorea fasciculata Roxb. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Dioscorea gibertii Dioscorea giraldii Dioscorea glabra Roxb. Dioscorea glabra Wall. Dioscorea glauca Muhl. ex Beck Dioscorea glauca Rusby Dioscorea grandiflora Dioscorea hastata Dioscorea hirtiflora Benth. Dioscorea hispida Dennst. Dioscorea japonica Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Dioscorea japonica Hort. ex Loud. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. ex A. Murray Dioscorea kamoonensis Kunth Dioscorea malifolia Bkr. Dioscorea minutiflora Engl. Dioscorea nipponica Makino Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia Dioscorea pachycarpa Kunth Dioscorea pentaphylla L. Dioscorea piperifolia Hort. ex Griseb. Dioscorea piperifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Dioscorea piperifolia Klotzsch ex Kunth Dioscorea polygonoides H. & B. Dioscorea praehensilis Benth. Dioscorea prazeri Prain & Burkill Dioscorea pyrifolia Kunth Dioscorea quinqueloba Thunb. Dioscorea rotundata Dioscorea rotundifolia Wall. ex Prain & Burkill Dioscorea sativa Blanco Dioscorea sativa Bowdich Dioscorea sativa Gaertn. Dioscorea sativa Hort. Par. ex Lam. Dioscorea sativa L. Dioscorea sativa Rodschied Dioscorea sativa Sieber ex Presl Dioscorea sativa Willd. ex Kunth Dioscorea schimperiana Hochst. ex Kunth Dioscorea smilacifolia Wildem. & Th. Dur. Dioscorea sylvatica Eckl. Dioscorea tokoro Makino. ex Miyabe. Dioscorea tomentosa Hohen. ex Kunth Dioscorea tomentosa Koen. ex Roxb. Dioscorea tomentosa J. Koenig Spreng. Dioscorea tomentosa Mart. Dioscorea transversa R. Br. Dioscorea trifida L. f. Dioscorea trifida Sessé & Mochizuki Dioscorea villosa L.
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (137 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]