Dioscorea cayenensis is a species of yam in the genus Dioscorea that is a widely consumed West African domesticated crop. Dioscorea rotundata is sometimes treated as a subspecies, and sometimes also as a separate species.[1] Common names include Guinea yam, yellow yam, and yellow Guinea yam.
Dioscorea cayenensis | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Dioscoreales |
Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
Genus: | Dioscorea |
Species: | D. cayenensis |
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Dioscorea cayenensis | |
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It may be a triploid hybrid between the cultivated D. rotundata and the wild D. burkilliana.[2]
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