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Dioscorea bulbifera (air yam)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dioscorea bulbifera, the air potato, is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, southern Asia, India, Maldives, China, Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia) and northern Australia. It is widely cultivated and has escaped to become naturalized in many regions (Latin America, the West Indies, the Southeastern United States, and various oceanic islands).
View Wikipedia Record: Dioscorea bulbifera

Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Dioscorea bulbifera

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Herb

Protected Areas

Predators

Didunculus strigirostris (Tooth-billed Pigeon)[3]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[4]
Theretra nessus (Yam Hawk Moth)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0