Dioscoreaceae — Details

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Description

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Twining herbs. Stems annual, often prickly below, arising from tubers or rhizomes, climbing over other vegetation. Flowers unisexual (in ours). Perianth segments in 2 series. Ovary inferior, rarely semi-inferior or superior, (1-)3-locular. Fruit a dehiscent, 3-winged or 3-angled capsule (in ours).
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Distribution

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Dioscoreaceae R. Br.:
Colombia (South America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.   http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595 External link.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
                                        
Specimen Records:26Public Records:24
Specimens with Sequences:30Public Species:5
Specimens with Barcodes:30Public BINs:0
Species:5         
Species With Barcodes:5         
          
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Barcode data

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Access Published & Released Data: Download FASTA File
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Locations of barcode samples

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Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Dioscoreaceae

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Dioscoreaceae

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Dioscoreaceae /daɪɒˌskɔəriˈeɪsiː/ is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 750 species in eight or nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the Yam (Dioscorea).

The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) both place it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. However, the circumscription changed in the APG II system, with the 2003 system expanded to include the plants that in the 1998 system were treated in the families Taccaceae and Trichopodaceae.

Genera

Dioscoreaceae (sensu stricto)
(Taccaceae)
(Trichopodaceae)
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