*Dioscorea alata Linnaeus. Section: Enantiophyllum. Common name: White Yam, Great Yam. Habitat: Disturbed areas, in moist soils. Distribution: Native of se. Asia. Reported for Lowndes County, GA (Carter, Baker, & Morris 2009) and for Baldwin County, AL (Barger et al. 2019).
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA26, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, WH3, Al-Shehbaz & Schubert (1989), Ward (1977c); = n/a — S, S13. Basionym: Dioscorea alata L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Dioscorea alata - FNA26
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