inhame-de-São vs cará-branco

Dioscorea esculenta compared with Dioscorea trifida

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	inhame-de-São	cará-branco
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order same	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family same	Dioscoreaceae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus same	Dioscorea	Dioscorea
Species	Dioscorea esculenta	Dioscorea trifida

Evolutionary Relationship

inhame-de-São and cará-branco share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Dioscorea.

Conservation Status

inhame-de-São

NE — Not Evaluated

cará-branco

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	inhame-de-São	cará-branco
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

inhame-de-São

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

cará-branco

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil and Colombia.

inhame-de-São

The Chinese Yam (Dioscorea esculenta) is a species in the genus Dioscorea. Distributed across Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Seychelles.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia