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Genus Dioscorea L.


Summary
Genus number:
3758
Last updated:
21 January 2014
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Common name(s):

yam
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


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References:
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3758. Accessed 15 December 2025.

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