Ipomoea batatas

Translingual

Newly harvested sweet potatoes, Japan.

Proper noun

Ipomoea batatas f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Convolvulaceae – sweet potato, originating in Central America and Mexico, cultivated in warm temperate and tropical climates worldwide.

Hypernyms

• (species): Solanales - order; Convolvulaceae - family; Convolvuloideae - subfamily; Ipomoeeae - tribe; Ipomoea - genus; Ipomoea subg. Eriospermum - subgenus; Ipomoea sect. Eriospermum - section; Ipomoea ser. Batatas - series

Hyponyms

• (species): Ipomoea batatas var. apiculata, Ipomoea batatas var. batatas - varieties

Translations

• See Ipomoea batatas at USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network

See also

• yam
• potato

Further reading

• Ipomoea batatas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ipomoea batatas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ipomoea batatas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ipomoea batatas at Plants of the World Online
• Ipomoea batatas at USDA Plants database
• Ipomoea batatas at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ipomoea batatas at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ipomoea batatas at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Ipomoea batatas at Tropicos