Dioscorea bulbifera

Characteristics
Monocots
DIOSCOREACEAE
Dioscorea
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
AIR-POTATO
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Not Native FISC(I)
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Classification
DIOSCOREALES
Dioscorea
Dioscorea bulbifera L. - AIR-POTATO
Citation
DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1033. 1753.
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Without data (lectotype: Hermann, Parad. Bat. plate facing p. 217. 1698. Lectotypified by Milne-Redhead, in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Dioscor. 10. 1975.
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Dioscorea bulbifera - 93
Dioscorea bulbifera - Glenn Fleming View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 86
Dioscorea bulbifera - Fred Nation View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 270
Dioscorea bulbifera - Shirley Denton View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 86
Dioscorea bulbifera - Fred Nation View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 270
Dioscorea bulbifera - Shirley Denton View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 229
Dioscorea bulbifera - Patricia Howell View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 41
Dioscorea bulbifera - Casey Tompkins View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 221
Dioscorea bulbifera - Nancy Mladenoff View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 69
Dioscorea bulbifera - Dennis Girard View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 139
Dioscorea bulbifera - John R. Park View Full Size
Dioscorea bulbifera - 139
Dioscorea bulbifera - John R. Park View Full Size