Dioscorea floridana
| Florida yam | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Dioscorea floridana Bartlett | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Dioscorea floridana the Florida yam, is a plant species native to Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It grows in wet and sandy places at low elevations.[3][4]
Dioscorea floridana is a perennial vine twining over other vegetation and spreading by means of yellow underground rhizomes. Stems can reach a height of over 4 m off the ground. Leaves are egg-shaped to triangular, up to 12 cm long, not clasping the stem. Flowers are yellow-orange.[3][5][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ The Plant List
- 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 483, Dioscorea floridana
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis, Dioscorea floridana
- ↑ Bartlett, Harley Harris. 1910. U. S. department of agriculture. Bureau of plant industry. Bulletin. 189: 18.
- ↑ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ↑ Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1924. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 43: 173.
- ↑ Ahles, Harry E. 1964. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 80(2): 172.
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