Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales
Familiae: Burmanniaceae – Dioscoreaceae – Nartheciaceae – Taccaceae – Thismiaceae

Name

• Dioscoreales Mart. Consp. Regn. Veg. 9. (1835)
• Typus: Dioscorea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1032–1034. (1753)

References

• Martius, C.F,P. von 1835. Conspectus Regni Vegetabilis Secundum Characteres Morphologicas ... 9.
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2003. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 399–436. DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x Reference page.  Displays three families.
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 105–121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x Reference page.  Displays three families.
• Geeta, R. (2011) Dioscoreales (Yams and Allies). In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003704.pub2. Discusses the five family circumscription above.
• Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007) World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1–65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Displays three families.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Dioscoreales. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
• Lohmueller F.A. (2005) The Botanical System of the Plants. Displays three families.
• Merckx, V., Schols, P., Maas-van de Kamer, H., Maas, P., Huysmans, S., & Smets, E. (2006) Phylogeny and evolution of Burmanniaceae (Dioscoreales) based on nuclear and mitochondrial data. American Journal of Botany 93: 1684–1698. Full text PDF
• Merckx, V., Bakker, F.T., Huysmans, S., & Smets, E. (2009) Bias and conflict in phylogenetic inference of myco‐heterotrophic plants: a case study in Thismiaceae. Cladistics, 25(1), 64-77. Full text PDF
• Merckx V., Smets E. (2014) Thismia americana, the 101st anniversary of a botanical mystery. International Journal of Plant Sciences 175: 165–175 DOI: 10.1086/674315
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.  Discusses the five family circumscription above.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Dioscoreales. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
• Trias-Blasi, A., Baker, W.J., Haigh, A.L., Simpson, D.A., Weber, O. & Wilkin, P. 2015. A genus-level phylogenetic linear sequence of monocots. Taxon 64(3): 552-581. DOI: 10.12705/643.9 ResearchGate Reference page.  Displays three families.

Vernacular names

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