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Sinopsis taxonómica de la sección Apodostemon (dioscorea; dioscoreaceae)

Revista 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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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
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Comparative Study of the Physicochemical, Functional, Thermal, and Rheological Properties of Pretreated Flours From Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 3, March 2026.
Pretreatments help improve flour quality. The increase in solubility and dispersibility is greater in D. rotundata. D. alata flours are more resistant to shear than D. rotundata flours. All flours degrade after 200°C. D. alata flours are more elastic while D. rotundata flours are more viscous.
Piedad Montero Castillo, Diofanor Acevedo Correa, Karina Vivanco Zuñiga   +2 more
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Floral phenology, seed germination and hybrid plants of the Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida) [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2019
The Amerindian yam (Dioscorea trifida) is a food plant native to the Amazon region. Several local varieties are cultivated by traditional family farmers for consumption and local trade.
Patrick BEYERLEIN, Ângela M. S. MENDES, Henrique S. PEREIRA   +2 more
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Floristic diversity of climbing plants in tropical forests of Similipal Biosphere Reserve, Odisha, India

Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2022
Climbers influence the diversity and composition of forest ecosystem immensely. We have investigated the floristic composition of climbing plants in tropical forests of Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR), Odisha, India.
Debidutta ROUT, Manas R. MOHANTA, Sudam C. SAHU   +2 more
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FAMILIA DIOSCOREACEAE

Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes, 2013
La clasificación reciente del ”Grupo de Filogenia de Angiospermas” (APG por sus siglas en inglés) reconoce cuatro géneros en las Dioscoreaceae (Dioscorea, Stenomeris, Tacca y Trichopus). Dioscorea es el único distribuido ampliamente, con cientos de especies (300-?800), llegando a los trópicos y subtrópicos de América.
Victoria Sosa, Ismael G. Valdivieso
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Flore d'Afrique centrale - Spermatophyta - Dioscoreaceae

, 2021
PDF version of treatment of Dioscoreaceae in Flore d'Afrique centrale ...
Hills, R., Wilkin, P.
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Prospective of indigenous African wild food plants in alleviation of the severe iron deficiency anaemia in Sub‐Saharan Africa

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 2, Page 486-498, March 2026.
Iron deficiency anaemia remains a major public health challenge in Sub‐Saharan Africa, where population growth, displacement and limited resources heighten nutritional insecurity. We compiled a list of indigenous African underutilized wild food plants and examined their potential for addressing micronutrient deficiencies.
Eltayb Abdellatef, Yohannes Gedamu Gebre, Petra Bauer   +2 more
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Dioscorea manchesteri Kvaček, sp. nov., a new fossil species from the early Miocene flora of North Bohemia (Czech Republic)

Acta Palaeobotanica, 2019
Using the morphology of fin-winged fruits and accompanying foliage, the author characterizes a new fossil species, Dioscorea manchesteri Kvaček, sp. nov.
ZLATKO KVAČEK
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Traditional detoxification of wild yam (Dioscorea hispida Dennst) tuber in chips processing at East Java, Indonesia

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2022
Dioscoreaceae or yam is a family of tuber that comprises many members with variability in utilization and their intensity of consumption. This family has wide variability and is used not only as food but also for medical purposes due to their bioactive ...
Teti Estiasih, Kgs. Ahmadi, Irawati Nur Indah Sari, Dessy Eka Kuliahsari, Erryana Martati   +4 more
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