Dioscorea communis

Taxonomy ID: 55634 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:55634)

current name

Dioscorea communis  Caddick & Wilkin, 2002

homotypic synonym:

Tamus communis  L.

Genbank common name: black bryony
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Dioscorea edulis

common name(s)

lady's-seal, norca

Lineage(full)

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

Comments and References:

Monocot Checklist (Aug 20, 2012) Name verified on 20 August 2012 in: World Checklist of Monocotyledons (2004). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet.

TROPICOS (Aug 20, 2012) Name accessed on 20 August 2012 in: Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, 2008 - 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A. on line at: http://www.tropicos.org/

Caddick et al. 2002 Caddick LR, Wilkin P, Rudall PJ, Hedderson TAJ, Chase MW. 2002. Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscreales. Taxon 51: 103-114.