Tamus

Tamus

:"TAMUS is also an acronym for the Texas A&M University System"Taxobox
name = "Tamus"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Dioscoreales
familia = Dioscoreaceae
genus = "Tamus"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text

Tamus is a genus of one or two species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and western Asia. The genus is often included within the related genus "Dioscorea".

;Species
*"Tamus communis" L. (Black Bryony)
*"Tamus cretica" L. (Cretan Bryony; doubtfully distinct from "T. communis")

References

* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Tamus&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: "Tamus"]
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?11861 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Tamus"]


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