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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 28 28 -
BioSample 2,416 2,416 -
Gene 124 124 -
Identical Protein Groups 33,281 33,281 -
Nucleotide 44,701 44,701 -
PMC 419 419 -
Protein 39,767 39,767 -
SRA 3,578 3,578 -
Taxonomy 1 1 -

Dioscorea alata

Taxonomy ID: 55571 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid55571)
current name
Dioscorea alata  L., 1753
Genbank common name: purple yam
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:
common name(s) winged yam, water yam, ten-months yam, name-de-agua, greater yam, Guyana arrowroot

Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; Dioscoreales; Dioscoreaceae; Dioscorea

Comments and References:

Monocot Checklist (Jun 01, 2015)
Name accessed on 1 June 2015 in: World Checklist of Monocotyledons (2004). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet.
FNA - Dioscoreaceae
Raz L. 2002. In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (Eds.) Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 26: Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. New York and Oxford. On-line version.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

LinkOut Subject LinkOut Provider
Dioscorea alata taxonomy taxonomy/phylogenetic Arctos Specimen Database
Dioscorea alata L. taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
GOLD: 2 Organisms organism-specific Genomes On Line Database
Show Biotic Interactions taxonomy/phylogenetic Global Biotic Interactions
Dioscorea alata L. taxonomy/phylogenetic Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Dioscorea alata taxonomy/phylogenetic PLANTS Database (USDA/NRCS)
Dioscorea alata (L.) herbarium/museum collections PlantaeDB, University of Bucharest
Dioscorea alata taxonomy/phylogenetic Plants of the World Online
Dioscorea alata taxonomy/phylogenetic The International Plant Names Index
Dioscorea alata L. taxonomy/phylogenetic USDA-ARS GRIN Taxonomy
search W3TROPICOS taxonomy/phylogenetic Vascular Tropicos
WebScipio: Dioscorea alata organism-specific WebScipio - eukaryotic gene identification
diArk: Dioscorea alata organism-specific diArk - a resource for eukaryotic genome research
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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