Dioscorea orangeana was created in 2009.
Dioscorea alata was created in 1753.
dioscorea alata
Dioscorea villosa and Dioscorea floribunda and are two of some 850 species of yam in the Dioscoreaceae family.
Dioscorea rotundata
niluva pendalum.
Dioscorea opposita, the Chinese pharmaceutical name is Rhizoma dioscoreae. There are between 600 and 800 different species of Dioscorea.
Dioscorea rotunda, is the scientific name for the "white yam", and Dioscorea cayenensis, is the "yellow yam."
The botanical name of yam is Dioscorea. This genus includes several species, with Dioscorea rotundata commonly referred to as white yam and Dioscorea alata known as water yam or purple yam. Yams are tuberous root vegetables widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions.
Dioscorea and shan yao.
Yams in the Caribbean are predominantly tubers of two allied species, Dioscorea alata (the winged or purple yam) and Dioscorea trifida, (the cush-cush yam).
The scientific name is Dioscorea alata. Of the family Dioscoreaceae.Yam is the common name for the Greater Yam, Asiatic Yam, White Yam, Winged Yam and Water Yam. Sweet potatoes are often called sweet yams, but they are not yams.
An air potato is a species of yam, Latin name Dioscorea bulbifera.