Species profile—Dioscorea alata (greater yam)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Dioscoreaceae → Dioscorea alata (greater yam)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Dioscoreaceae
- Scientific name
- Dioscorea alata L.
- Common name
- greater yam
- WildNet taxon ID
- 11612
- Alternate name(s)
- winged yam
guyana arrowroot - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=11612
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.