Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.

higherClassification: Eukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 > Plantae > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Dioscoreales > Dioscoreaceae > Dioscorea Plum. ex L.
taxonID 36CGY
parentNameUsageID 8VRRX
scientificNameID 1krDuhjZhBQW88Tkk58q52
datasetID 2232
taxonomicStatus accepted
taxonRank species
scientificName Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.
scientificNameAuthorship Lam.
genericName Dioscorea
specificEpithet cayenensis
namePublishedIn Encycl. 3: 233 (1789)
nomenclaturalCode ICN
references W. & WC. Trop. Africa https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317788-1
Child

Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. cayenensis subspecies accepted

Dioscorea cayenensis subsp. rotundata (Poir.) J.Miège subspecies accepted
DataSource Catalogue of Life   2025-06-13