World Checklist of Dioscoreales

Yams and Their Allies

Paul Wilkin author Rafaël Govaerts author Richard M K Saunders author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Royal Botanic Gardens

Published:1st Sep '07

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World Checklist of Dioscoreales cover

Dioscoreales are a small but systematically and economically significant order of monocotyledons. The most diverse and important member is the yam genus, Dioscorea L., a source of dietary starch at macroeconomic to rural community levels. Other species of Dioscorea provide the chemical basis of corticosteroid drugs and oral contraceptives. Ally families comprise the unusual, largely achlorophyllous (heteromycotrophic) Burmanniaceae and the relatively unspecialised Nartheciaceae. The World Checklist of Dioscoreales lists all validly published names of yams and their allies, providing the source of their publication and indicating which names are currently accepted and which are synonyms, making it a standard nomenclatural reference for further research into this important family.

ISBN: 9781842462003

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 132g

84 pages