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Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata (Guinea yam)

Synonyms: Dioscorea cayenensis var. rotundata; Dioscorea rotundata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dioscorea cayennensis subsp. rotundata, the "white yam", sometimes sold as "Guinea yam" or "white ñame", is a subspecies of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Predators

Dasyses incrustata[2]
Planococcus halli[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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