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Food, medicinal and ecological significance of Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae)

open access: yes, 2022
Dioscorea bulbifera is a is a wild edible tuberous twiner belonging to the family Dioscoreaceae. Tuber of D. bulbifera is supplement wild food crop, widely distributed around the world.
Manish Kumar   +5 more
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Dioscorea magnibracteata (Dioscoreaceae), a new species from western Ecuador based on the unpublished work of Temple Clayton

open access: yes, 2022
Couto, Ricardo Sousa, Cornejo, Xavier (2022): Dioscorea magnibracteata (Dioscoreaceae), a new species from western Ecuador based on the unpublished work of Temple Clayton.
Cornejo, Xavier, Couto, Ricardo Sousa
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FIGURE 2 in Typification of four names of Dioscorea (Dioscoreaceae) from India

open access: yes, 2021
FIGURE 2. Lectotype of Dioscorea kalkapershadii Prain & Burkill (Kalka Prashad 34323, K000098199, ©RBG, Kew)Published as part of Pagare, Ravikiran S., Arisdason, Wilson & Janarthanam, Malapati K., 2021, Typification of four names of Dioscorea ...
Pagare, Ravikiran S.   +2 more
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A preliminary phylogeny study and RAPD analysis of Sect. Macranthae Kunth. in Smilax L

open access: yes浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2001
Six species of Sect. Macranthae Kunth in Smilax L. and five affinitive species from Smilax. Dioscoreaceae and Liliaceae were analyzed by RAPD. Cluster analysis of the amplified data was conducted by using a variable-average method in the program DPS2000.
FU Cheng-xin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Assessment of Nutritional, Antioxidant and Phytochemical Properties of Wild Yams (Dioscorea spp.) Accessions in Peninsular Malaysia

open access: yesBiology, Medicine & Natural Product Chemistry
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) are one of the important tuber crops for sustainability and food security in the world. However, Dioscorea spp. is considered an underutilized crop and is not heavily consumed, especially by local people in Malaysia, due to its ...
Mohd Zulkhairi Azid   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efficiency of RAPD, ISSR, AFLP and ISTR markers for the detection of polymorphisms and genetic relationships in camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.)

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Biotechnology, 2014
Background: At present, species known as camote de cerro (Dioscorea spp.) are found only in the wilderness in Mexico, but their populations are extremely depleted because they are indiscriminately collected, it is urgent to evaluate the conservation ...
Ana Paulina Velasco-Ramírez   +4 more
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Dioscorea dumetorum (Dioscoreaceae)

open access: yes, 2022
Yams (Dioscorea spp.) constitute a staple food for over 300 million people in the humid and sub-humid tropics. About 650 species of Dioscorea are described and widely distributed. Dioscorea dumetorum is one of the highest nutrient values containing yam species commonly found in India. The tuber of D.
Arvind Kumar   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultivation techniques of yam influence the amount of primary and secondary metabolites

open access: yesFrontiers in Agronomy
IntroductionAgriculture is an indispensable practice with a long history that dates back millennia. The cultivation of Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow) is of social importance but not yet optimized; the process is currently complex and ...
David Krüger   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sinopsis taxonómica de la sección Apodostemon (dioscorea; dioscoreaceae)

open access: yesRevista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2007
SE HACE UNA REVISIÓN TAXONÓMICA SINÓPTICA DE LA SECCIÓN APODOSTEMON DEL GÉNERO DIOSCOREA. SE RECONOCEN 18 ESPECIES COMO SUS MIEMBROS: 11 MEXICANO-CENTROAMERICANAS Y 7 SUDAMERICANAS.
R. GEETA, OSWALDO TÉLLEZ VALDÉS
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