Dioscoreales
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| Dioscoreales | |
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| Dioscorea communis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales Hook.f. |
| Families | |
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Dioscoreales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Dioscoreaceae.