Taxon: Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti

• the 14 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• medicinsk jams   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: source of diosgenin   (used to produce steroidal hormones fide Pl Book; Import Medicinal Pl)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Dioscorea floribunda.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Dioscorea floribunda.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Dioscorea floribunda.

Check other web resources for Dioscorea floribunda M. Martens & Galeotti:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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