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Dioscorea batatas (Dioscoreaceae)

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Presented here is summary information about the species Dioscorea batatas from the Global Compendium of Weeds, and citations of references to this species as a weed. Definitions of terms are available in the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format. For further information--or to report corrections or concerns--contact webmaster@hear.org.

Synonyms/other Latin names: [ see GRIN ]

Status(es) (compiled for below "Data sources"): environmental weed, naturalised, weed [for definitions, see the GCW introduction View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format.]

Origin (native to where): [no info]


Data sources:

Faith T. Campbell; American Lands Alliance; "Worst" Invasive Plant Species in the conterminous United States: weed (environmental weed)

G.R.I.N. TAXON Database http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/tax/index.html GRIN synonyms (naturalised, weed) [ online info ]

Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee. Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. (October 19, 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. (environmental weed)

Subject: Regional Invasive Exotic Plant Species List To: Forest Supervisors [Regional Forester's List and Ranking Structure Invasive Exotic Plant Species of Management Concern USDA Forest Service, Southern Region] Date: May 18, 2001 (environmental weed)

The Research Institute for Bioresources. Okayama University. Laboratory of Wild Plant Science. "Naturalized plants from foreign country into Japan". (naturalised)

USDA Forest Service Eastern Region, Section 3B. Eastern Region invasive plants, ranked by degree of invasiveness as based on information from States. (environmental weed)

Virginia Native Plant Society (1998) Alien Invasive plants in Virginia. Virginia Native Plant Society (PO Box 844, Annandale, VA 22003) Division of Natural Heritage. (environmental weed)



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This page was created on 13 September 2007 by PT, and was last updated on 04 October 2007 by PT based on data from Rod Randall's Global Compendium of Weeds database dated 24 January 2007. Valid HTML 4.01!