genus
Cinnamon Vines
Dioscorea
Field notes
Dioscorea is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extending into temperate climates. It was named by the monk Charles Plumier after the ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides.
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- Wild Yam native
- Air Potato introduced
- Chinese Yam introduced
- Common Yam Vine
- Purple Yam introduced
- Shoulang Yam present
- Japanese Yam present
- Fan-leaf Mountain Yam
- Variegated Monkey Ball Vine introduced
- Zanzibar Yam present
- Tokoro Mountain Yam present
- Mexican Yam
- Wild Yam
- Wild Yam
- Fiveleaf Yam present
- Four-leaved Yam native
- Indian Three-leaved Yam
- Florida Yam
- Indian Yam
- Dioscorea hemicrypta
- Asiatic Yam
- Cush-cush Yam
- Dioscorea pilosiuscula
- Bitter Jessie
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Vines
- Plant type
- Perennial Vine Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native cinnamon vines All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
