Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Dioscoreales R.Br.
Family
Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
Genus
Dioscorea L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dioscorea communis (L.) Caddick & Wilkin in Caddick et al., Taxon 51: 112 (2002)
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Caddick,L.R.; Wilkin,P.; Hedderson,T.A.J.; Chase, M.W. 2002: Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. Taxon 51: 103–114.
Sykes, W.R. 2003: Dioscoreaceae, new for the adventive flora of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 727–730.