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Genus: Tamus L.

Probable synonym of: Dioscorea L.

Family: Dioscoreaceae
Genus number: 11861
Last updated: 31-May-2002

List of Species Records in GRIN.


References for genus:

  • Caddick, L. R. et al. 2002. Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. Taxon 51:103–114. [= Dioscorea L.].
  • Huber, H. 1998. Dioscoreaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., ed., The families and genera of vascular plants. (Kubitzki) 3:229. [accepts].
More:
  • KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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  • Google Scholar

Check other nomenclature databases for Tamus:

  • ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
  • NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11861 (20 June 2013)

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