''Dioscorea amaranthoides'' is a herbaceous vine in the genus ''

Dioscorea ''Dioscorea'' is a genus of over 600 species of flowering plants in the family Dioscoreaceae, native throughout the tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. The vast majority of the species are tropical, with only a few species extendin ...

''. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. One specimen was found in the vicinity of Machu Picchu, Peru in a forested area near water.http://img.brit.org/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi?FIF=images.aabp/collections/atupayachi_005249_01.jp2&obj=IIP,1.0&hei=1000&cvt=jpeg

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