Dioscorea floridana
| Florida yam | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. floridana
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioscorea floridana Bartlett
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Dioscorea floridana, the Florida yam, is a plant species native to Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. It grows in wet and sandy places at low elevations.[3][4]
Dioscorea floridana is a perennial vine twining over other vegetation and spreading by means of yellow underground rhizomes. Stems can reach a height of over 4 m off the ground. Leaves are egg-shaped to triangular, up to 12 cm long, not clasping the stem. Flowers are yellow-orange.[3][5][6][7][8] D. floridana flowers from June to November.[9]
Although not considered to be in any active danger, D. floridana's native range is so limited that it is of conservational interest.[10]
References
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 483, Dioscorea floridana
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis, Dioscorea floridana
- ^ Bartlett, Harley Harris. 1910. U. S. department of agriculture. Bureau of plant industry. Bulletin. 189: 18.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ Knuth, Reinhard Gustav Paul. 1924. Das Pflanzenreich IV, 43: 173.
- ^ Ahles, Harry E. 1964. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 80(2): 172.
- ^ Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
