Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea batatas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: Ipomoea batatas
Varieties: I. b. var. apiculata – I. b. var. batatas

Name

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465 (1793).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Convolvulus batatas L., Sp. Pl.: 154 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Convolvulus esculentus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 123 (1796), nom. superfl.
  • Batatas batatas (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl.: 973 (1882), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Ipomoea chrysorrhiza Hook.f., Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 2: 760 (1867).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas) Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.-B. 1794–1819 ["1793"]. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Botanique. Tome second. 551 pp., tt. 112–445. Panckoucke, Paris. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 1:465.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ipomoea batatas in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 10. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ipomoea batatas. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea batatas. Published online. Accessed: November 10 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea batatas. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ipomoea batatas in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

ak: Abrodwomaa/Atomo
Aymar aru: Apichu
azərbaycanca: Qramafonçiçək batat
беларуская: Батат
বাংলা: মিষ্টি আলু
català: Moniato
Deutsch: Süßkartoffel
English: Sweet potato
español: Boniato
eesti: Bataat, Maguskartul
euskara: Batata
suomi: Bataatti
français: Patate douce
galego: Pataca doce
Avañe'ẽ: Jety
magyar: Édesburgonya
հայերեն: Բաթաթ, քաղցր կարտոֆիլ
italiano: Patata americana
македонски: Сладок компир
Nederlands: Zoete aardappel, bataat
português: Batata-doce
සිංහල: බතල
svenska: Sötpotatis
Türkçe: Tatlı patates

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