Genus Borderea Miégev.

Usually considered a synonym of Dioscorea L.


Summary
Genus number:
1584
Last updated:
7 March 2017
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:

There are no associated species records for this genus in GRIN.

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References:
  1. Caddick, L. R. et al. 2002. Yams reclassified: a recircumscription of Dioscoreaceae and Dioscoreales. Taxon 51:103-114. Note: = Dioscorea L.
  2. Huber, H. 1998. Dioscoreaceae. In: Kubitzki, K., ed., The families and genera of vascular plants. 3:230. Note: accepts
  3. Segarra-Moragues, J. G. & P. Catalan. 2001. Low allozyme variability in the critically endangered Borderea chouardii and in its congener Borderea pyrenaica (Dioscoreaceae), two paleoendemic relicts from the central Pyrenees. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 163:159-166.
  4. Segarra-Moragues, J. G. & P. Catalan. 2003. Life history variation between species of the relictual genus Borderea (Dioscoreaceae): phylogeography, genetic diversity, and population genetic structure assessed by RAPD markers. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 80:483-498. Note: accepts
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=1584. Accessed 15 April 2026.