Dioscoreales

Dioscorea balcanica

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales
Familiae: Afrothismiaceae – Burmanniaceae – Dioscoreaceae – Nartheciaceae – Taccaceae – Thismiaceae

Name

Dioscoreales Mart. Consp. Regn. Veg. 9. (1835)

Typus: Dioscorea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1032–1034. (1753)

Synonyms

• Burmanniales Mart.
• Nartheciales Reveal & Zomlefer
• Taccales Dumort.
• Tamales Dumort.

References

• Martius, C.F.P. von 1835. Conspectus Regni Vegetabilis secundum characteres morphologicos praesertim carpicos in classes ordines et familias digesti, adjectis exemplis nominibusque plantarum usui medico technico et oeconomico inserventium. Uebersicht der Classen, Ordnungnen und Familien des Gewächsreiches nach morphologischen Grundsätzen, unter besonderer Rücksicht auf den Fruchtbau, mit Angabe von Beispielen und von den in der Medicin, Technik und Oekonomie besonders wichtigen Pflanzen, zunächst als Leitfaden bei seinen akademischen Vorlesungen entworfen […]. Nürnberg: J. L. Schrag. 72 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.7730 Reference page.  [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.
• Cheek, M., Soto Gomez, M., Graham, S.W. & Rudall, P.J. 2023 ['2024']. Afrothismiaceae (Dioscoreales), a new fully mycoheterotrophic family endemic to tropical Africa. Kew Bulletin 79(1): 55–73. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-023-10124-w . Reference page. 
• Garrett, N., Viruel, J., Klimpert, N., Soto Gomez, M., Lam, V.K.Y., Merckx, V.S.F.T. & Graham, S.W. 2023. Plastid phylogenomics and molecular evolution of Thismiaceae (Dioscoreales). American Journal of Botany 110(4, e16141): 1–25. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16141 . Reference page. 
• 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[1]. 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. 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. 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.
• Suetsugu, K., Nakamura, Y., Nakano, T. & Tagane, S. 2024. Relictithismia kimotsukiensis, a new genus and species of Thismiaceae from southern Japan with discussions on its phylogenetic relationship. Journal of Plant Research (Published online: 29 February 2024). pp. 1–12. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-024-01532-5 . Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2013. Dioscoreales. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. 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

català: Dioscoreals
čeština: Smldincotvaré
dansk: Yams-ordenen
Deutsch: Yamswurzelartige
فارسی: تمیس‌سانان
magyar: Dioszkoreavirágúak
Bahasa Indonesia: Dioscoreales
日本語: ヤマノイモ目
한국어: 마목
Nederlands: Dioscoreales
norsk: Dioscoreales
polski: Pochrzynowce
português: Dioscoreales
русский: Диоскореецветные
svenska: Dioscoreales
Tiếng Việt: Bộ Củ nâu
中文: 薯蓣目

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