*Dioscorea alata Linnaeus. Section: Enantiophyllum. White Yam, Great Yam. Hab: Disturbed areas, in moist soils. Dist: 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, K1, K3, K4, Meso6, WH3, Al-Shehbaz & Schubert (1989), Ward (1977c)
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