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Taxon: Family Dioscoreaceae R.Br. (1810), nom. cons. - yam family (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation R. Brown, 1810, nom. cons.
Original name Brown, R. 1810. Prodr., 27 Mar 1810: 294.

Attributes

Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV] Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994. In W. Greuter (ed.), Regnum Vegetabile 131: App. IIB (p. 105).

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon ofDioscoreales (Order) Mart. (1835)
TypeDioscorea (Genus) L. (1753) Ref: W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994: App. IIB (p. 105).

Synonyms

IncludingAvetraceae (Family) Takht. (1997)
Possibly IncludingBurmanniaceae (Family) Blume (1827), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1000).
IncludingStenomeridaceae (Family) J.Agardh (1858), nom. cons.
Questionably IncludingTaccaceae (Family) Dumort. (1829), nom. cons. Ref: APG III (comps.), 2009: 109.
Possibly IncludingTaccaceae (Family) Dumort. (1829), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1000).
IncludingTamaceae (Family) Martynov (1820) Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 524.
Possibly IncludingThismiaceae (Family) J.Agardh (1858), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1000).
IncludingTrichopodaceae (Family) Hutch. (1934), nom. cons. Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 276.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameyam family
air potatoes Ref: 1996
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