Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea - [maps | photos]

• Dioscorea polystachya * Turcz.
  Common Name: Chinese yam
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dioscorea batatas Dcne.

         • Dioscorea oppositifolia L.

• Dioscorea villosa L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative
  Common Name: wild yam
  Synonyms:
  

         • Dioscorea quaternata J.F. Gmel.

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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