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Species profile—Dioscorea alata (greater yam)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Dioscoreaceae → Dioscorea alata (greater yam)

Sighting data

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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 Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://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.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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