Biology:Dioscorea cayennensis
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Short description: Species of herbaceous vine
Dioscorea cayennensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Dioscoreales |
Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
Genus: | Dioscorea |
Species: | D. cayennensis
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Binomial name | |
Dioscorea cayennensis Lam.
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Dioscorea cayennensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes treated as a subspecies, and sometimes also as a separate species.[1]
References
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.
Wikidata ☰ Q15600010 entry