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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Dioscoreaceae |
| Genus: | Dioscorea |
| Species: | D. bulbifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Dioscorea bulbifera | |
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Dioscorea bulbifera (commonly known as the air potato, air yam, bitter yam, cheeky yam, potato yam,[2] aerial yam,[3] and parsnip yam[4]) is a species of true yam in the yam family, Dioscoreaceae. It is native to Africa, Asia and northern Australia.[1] It is widely cultivated and has become naturalized in many regions (Latin America, the West Indies, the Southeastern United States, and various oceanic islands).[1]
It is also known as the up-yam in Nigerian Pidgin English, since the plant is cultivated more for its bulbils than for its tubers.[5]
- ^ a b c d "Dioscorea bulbifera". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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NTBGwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Dioscorea bulbifera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ^ "Dioscorea bulbifera var. elongata (F.M.Bailey) Prain & Burkill: Parsnip Yam". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2006). Archaeology, language, and the African past. Altamira Press. ISBN 9780759104655.