Yam family : DIOSCOREACEAE (LILIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Dioscorea bulbifera Air Potato Drummoyne, February 2007

Dioscorea transversa Australian Native Yam Wyee, September 2007

Tacca chantrieri Black Batflower Kuranda, Queensland Photo courtesy of Buck Richardson

Tacca integrifolia White Batflower Kuranda, Queensland Photo courtesy of Buck Richardson

Plants in DIOSCOREACEAE are foodplants for a number of Butterfly and Moth caterpillars in Australia, including:

Tagiades japetus

Tagiades nestus

Paralacydes maculifascia

Tiracola plagiata

Theretra nessus

Theretra turneri

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 10 June 2018, 3 June 2020)