attoto yam vs Birch Marble

Dioscorea cayenensis compared with Apotomis betuletana

Key Differences

• attoto yam is Not Evaluated while Birch Marble is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	attoto yam	Birch Marble
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Dioscoreaceae	Tortricidae
Genus	Dioscorea	Apotomis
Species	Dioscorea cayenensis	Apotomis betuletana

Conservation Status

attoto yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Birch Marble

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	attoto yam	Birch Marble
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

attoto yam

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Panama), and South America (5 countries).

Birch Marble

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

attoto yam

The Attoto yam (Dioscorea cayenensis) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Birch Marble

The Birch Marble (Apotomis betuletana) is a species in the genus Apotomis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.