Chinese Yam

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

Dioscorea polystachya (Chinese Yam) is a species of plants in the family Dioscoreaceae. They have capsule fruit.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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EOL has data for 4 attributes, including:

fruit type
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000850
- Definition: A fruit anatomy and morphology trait (TO:0002629) which is associated with the type of a fruit (PO:0009001).
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PO:0009001] [database_cross_reference: TO:moorel]
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capsule fruit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
- Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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coastal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, biennial, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary: http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Chinese yam. View this species on GBIF