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.
Dioscorea rotunda, is the scientific name for the "white yam", and Dioscorea cayenensis, is the "yellow yam."
The scientific name for coco-yam is Colocasia esculenta.
The scientific name for yam plants is Dioscorea.
Dioscorea rotundata
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dioscorea batatas.
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.
The esser yam is a tropical climbing plant which have the bulb containing starch. It is cultivated for food by the locals. It scientific name is Dioscorea esculenta.
There are seven different species of yam which are cultivated in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania. They are all members of the Dioscoreaceae family. Keep in mind that this is the true yam, which does NOT include the sweet potato-type vegetable produced in the US for North American consumption. Those are a completely different plant.
The scientific name of a white orchid is Phalaenopsis amabilis.
Wrightia antidysenterica is the scientific name of the white angel plant.
The scientific name for the Great White pelican is Pelecanus onocrotalus
The scientific name of White wolves are: Canis Lupus Arctos