Checklist: Dioscoreaceae

DIOSCOREACEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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TACCACEAE 
Literature:  
Milne-Redhead, E. (1975) Dioscoreaceae Flora of Tropical East Africa  
Wilkin, P. (2009) Dioscoreaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
1248.000 TACCA J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. 
Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze
Tacca involucrata Schumach. & Thonn.
  
1252.000 DIOSCOREA L. 
Dioscorea alata L.
Dioscorea asteriscus Burkill
Dioscorea sativa sensu Rendle
Dioscorea bulbifera (L.) L.
Dioscorea anthropophagorum A. Chev.
Dioscorea latifolia Benth.
Dioscorea sativa sensu Baker
Helmia bulbifera (L.) Kunth
Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax
Dioscorea triphylla L. var. dumetorum (Kunth) R. Knuth
Helmia dumetorum Kunth
Dioscorea praehensilis Benth.
Dioscorea odoratissima Pax
Dioscorea quartiniana Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Dioscorea apiculata De Wild.
Dioscorea beccariana Martelli
Dioscorea crinita Hook. f.
Dioscorea dinteri Schinz
Dioscorea excisa R. Knuth
Dioscorea forbesii Baker
Dioscorea schliebenii R. Knuth
Dioscorea stuhlmannii Harms

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The Rwanda flora team (2025). Flora of Rwanda: Checklist: Dioscoreaceae].
https://www.rwandaflora.com/speciesdata/utilities/utility-display-checklist.php?family_id=73, retrieved 14 December 2025

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