| Dioscoreaceae | |
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| Dioscorea balcanica | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae R.Br.[1][2] |
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Dioscoreaceae (/ˌdaɪəˌskɔːriˈeɪsii/) is afamily ofmonocotyledonousflowering plants, with about 715 knownspecies in ninegenera.[4] The best-known member of the family is theyam (some species ofDioscorea).
TheAPG system (1998) andAPG II system (2003) both place it in the orderDioscoreales, in the clademonocots. 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 familiesTaccaceae andTrichopodaceae.
The Dioscoreaceae were first described byBrown in 1810 as Dioscoreae,[1][5] and alternatively referred to as Dioscorinae.[3]
Thecircumscription of Dioscoreaceae has expanded over the years. For instance when Stenomeridaceae, asStenomeris was also included in Dioscoreaceae as subfamily Stenomeridoideae together withAvetra, the remaining four genera were grouped insubfamily Dioscoreoideae, the two being distinguished by the presence of bisexual and unisexual flowers respectively.[6]
As of September 2022[update],Plants of the World Online accepted four genera in the family:[7]
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