- Dioscoreaceae
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Dioscoreaceae 
Dioscorea balcanica Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Dioscoreales Family: Dioscoreaceae
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Dioscoreaceae is a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, with about 750 species in eight or nine genera. The best-known member of the family is the Yam (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.
Genera
- Dioscoreaceae (sensu stricto)
- (Taccaceae)
- (Trichopodaceae)
- Avetra
- Trichopus
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
Categories:- Dioscoreales
- Monocot families
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