Biology:Dioscorea cayennensis

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Short description: Species of herbaceous vine

Dioscorea cayennensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus: Dioscorea
Species:
D. cayennensis
Binomial name
Dioscorea cayennensis
Lam.

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

  1. Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15600010 entry