Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
Dioscoreaceae R.Br. , nom. cons., scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 294 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Dioscorea L., 1753
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 447 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 1228-1231, Fig. 11.9 [secondary reference]
Dahlgren, R.M.T., Clifford, H.T. & Yeo, P.F. (1985), The Families of the Monocotyledons: 115-117, Figs.43-44 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 735 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 51 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 985 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Dioscoreaceae. Flora of New South Wales 4: 39 [secondary reference]
Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 524 [secondary reference]
Huber, H. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1998), Dioscoreaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 3: 216-235, Figs. 67-70 [secondary reference]
Chase, M.W., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S., Rudall, P.J., Fay, M.F., Hahn, W.H., Sullivan, S., Joseph, J., Molvray, M., Kores, P.J., Givnish, T.J., Sytsma, J.J. & Pires, J.C. in Wilson, K.L. & Morrison, D.A. (ed.) (2000), Higher-level systematics of the monocotyledons: An assessment of current knowledge and a new classification. Monocots: Systematics and Evolution: 16 [secondary reference]
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 417 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Taccaceae Dumort. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Stenomeridaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichopodaceae Hutch. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Avetraceae Takht. legitimate
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 151 [secondary reference]
Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 77 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Tamaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tamnaceae J.Kickx f legitimate taxonomic synonym: Taccaceae Dumort. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Stenomeridaceae J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichopodaceae Hutch. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Avetraceae Takht. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Dioscoreae R.Br. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 276-277, 931 [secondary reference]
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 109 [secondary reference]
Soltis, D.E., Smith, S.A., Cellinese, N., Wurdack, K.J., Tank, D.C., Brockington, S.F., Refulio-Rodriguez, N.F., Walker, J.B., Moore, M.J., Carlswars, B.S., Bell, C.D., Latvis, M., Crawley, S., Black, C., Diouf, D., Xi, Z., Rushworth, C.A., Gitzendanner, M.A., Sytsma, K.J., Qui, Y., Hilu, K.W., Davis, C.C., Sanderson, M.J., Beaman, R.S., Olmstead, R.G., Judd, W.S., Donoghue, M.J. & Soltis, P.S. (1 April 2011), Angiosperm Phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa. American Journal of Botany 98(4): Fig. 2B [secondary reference]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 30 (photo) [secondary reference]
common name: Native Yam [n/a]