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Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Air Potato
  • Family: Dioscoreaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: tropical east Africa to Asia
  • Habitat:

  • USDA Zone: 5
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198700196
  • Source: Fragrant Path (seed)
  • Provenance: ID corrected to Dioscorea bulbifera from Dioscorea batatas on 28 February 2008. Photographic confirmation by Ramona Walls, SUNY Stony Brook.
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1987
  • Bench: 1204 - S Bench
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-07-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Dioscoreales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Dioscoreaceae
  • SubFamily:
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