Dioscorea cayenensis(DIUCA)
Overview Code created in: 2001-11-02
- EPPO Code: DIUCA
- Preferred name: Dioscorea cayenensis
- Authority: Lamarck
West Africa (Sénégal to Niger, Nigeria, Congo). Cultivated as a tuber crop. Introduced in Africa (Tchad, Ethiopia), Central America, Caribbean, South America (Venezuela, Guyanas, northern and eastern Brazil)
Name | Authority |
---|---|
Dioscorea x cayenensis | Lamarck |
Name | Language |
---|---|
Guinea yam | English |
twelve-months yam | English |
yellow Guinea yam | English |
yellow yam | English |
gelber Yam | German |
igname jaune | French |
mapuey morado | Spanish (BO) |
name amarillo | Spanish |
name Guinea | Spanish |
name negro | Spanish (CO) |
cara-de-Pará | Portuguese (BR) |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal monocotyledons (
1MOND )
Order
Dioscoreales (
1DIOO )
Family
Dioscoreaceae (
1DIOF )
Genus
Dioscorea (
1DIUG )
Species
Dioscorea cayenensis (
DIUCA )