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Dioscorea cayenensis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dioscorea cayennensis (unjustified correction), Dioscorea cayennensis
species of plant
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderDioscoreales
- FamilyDioscoreaceae
Native toBenin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia
Observations recorded10,100
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 155
- With media
- 134
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Collections
- US, CM, UFPB, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, St. Vincent - Grenadines, Grenada, Surinam, Guyana, Guadeloupe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dioscorea
- Image
- Yellow yam at Asian supermarket in New Jersey.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- taxon name
- Dioscorea cayenensis
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- yellow guinea yam
- short name
- D. cayenensis
- taxon range
- Gabon
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4
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