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	Dioscorea communis  (L.) CADDICK & WILKIN

Fam.: Dioscoreaceae / Black-Bryony Fam.

Synon.:  Tamus communis  L.

Genus:  Dioscorea  L.,  Tamus  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	CADDICK:		Lizabeth R. Caddick (1972 - ), British botanist
	WILKIN:		Paul Wilkin (1964 - ), British botanist at Kew

Etymology:
	Dioscorea:		Pedanios Dioscurides (1st century), Greek physician from Anazarbos in Cilicia (Asia Minor)
	communis:		common
	Tamus:		Roman name for a climbing plant

Fig. 1:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Croatia, Plitvička 2.6.2006

Fig. 2:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Croatia, Slunj 4.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Chios, Olimbi, Agios Dynami 1.4.2016

Fig. 4:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Chios, Olimbi, Agios Dynami 1.4.2016

Fig. 5:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Chios, Olimbi, Agios Dynami 1.4.2016

Fig. 6:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Samos, Potami 15.4.2017

Fig. 7:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony F Corbières, Talairan 13.5.2007

Fig. 8:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony F Corbières, Talairan 13.5.2007

Fig. 9:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony F Causse du Larzac 15.5.2007

Fig. 10:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007

Fig. 11:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony F Maures, Bois de Rouquan 12.5.2007

Fig. 12:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony Majorca, Betlem 28.4.2011

Fig. 13:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony E Asturia Ribadesella 10.8.2012

Fig. 14:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony E Asturia Ribadesella 10.8.2012

Fig. 15:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony I Zoppola 31.7.2011

Fig. 16:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony I Zoppola 31.7.2011

Fig. 17:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony I Genua 22.5.2010

Fig. 18:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony I Liguria, Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena 19.5.2013

Fig. 19:  Dioscorea communis / Black Bryony D Bodman 17.6.2011

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