Category:Dioscoreaceae
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Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 715 known species in nine genera.[2] The best-known member of the family is the yam (some species of Dioscorea).
The APG system (1998) and APG II system (2003) both place it in the order Dioscoreales, in the clade monocots. However, the circumscription changed in the APG II system, with the 2003 system expanded to include the plants that in the 1998 system were treated in the families Taccaceae and Trichopodaceae.
Taxonomy
Subdivision
The circumscription of Dioscoreaceae has expanded over the years. For instance when Stenomeridaceae, as Stenomeris was also included in Dioscoreaceae as subfamily Stenomeridoideae together with Avetra, the remaining four genera were grouped in subfamily Dioscoreoideae, the two being distinguished by the presence of bisexual and unisexual flowers respectively.[3]
Genera
- Dioscoreaceae (sensu stricto)
- (Taccaceae)
- (Trichopodaceae)
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
- ↑ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. Magnolia Press. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
- ↑ Bouman 1995.
Bibliography
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- Bouman, F. Seed Structure and Systematics in Dioscoreales. pp. 139–156., In Script error: The function "harvard_core" does not exist.
- Rudall, P.J.; Cribb, P.J.; Cutler, D.F.; Humphries, C.J., eds. (1995). Monocotyledons: systematics and evolution (Proceedings of the International Symposium on Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution, Kew 1993). Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-0-947643-85-0. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
External links
- Dioscoreaceae, Taccaceae, Trichopodaceae in L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), The families of flowering plants
- Monocot families (USDA)
- Flora of North America: Dioscoreaceae
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
- Dioscoreaceae links, Taccaceae links, Trichopodaceae links at CSDL, Texas
- Dioscoreaceae Scratchpad in eMonocot
Acknowledgements
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Pages in category "Dioscoreaceae"
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