Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
CONVOLVULACEAE
- Morning-glory family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Nomencl. ref.: Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465 (1793)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Sweetpotato
English name: kuumara English name: sweet-potato
Spanish name: camote
French name: patate douce
Italian name: Patata americana
German name: Süßkartoffel
Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
Synonyms:
= Convolvulus batatas L.
= Convolvulus tiliaceus auct. non Willd.
= Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet
= Ipomoea tiliacea auct. non (Willd.) Choisy
= Ipomoea triloba auct. non L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species:
Page counter: 2693 ( AVG: 221.18 / 219.883 )
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Ipomoea batatas
Fruit at Laulima Farms Cafe Kipahulu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Habit at Kalepolepo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Habit at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Habit at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Leaves at Water plant Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Variegated leaves at Walmart Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Leaves in garden at 4208 Commodore Ave Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Flower at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Tricolor leaves at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Ipomoea batatas
Flowers at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Blackheart leaves at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Habit at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Habit at Maui Nui Botanical Garden, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Variegated form at Makena, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Leaves at Kalepolepo, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Flower and leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Tricolor habit at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Tricolor leaves at Kula Ace Hardware and Nursery, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea batatas
Fruit at Laulima Farms Cafe Kipahulu, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI, KS, LA, MS, NC, NY, PA, SC, TX, UT, VA), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Ipomoea bona-nox L. [214]
2) Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet [1869]
3) Ipomoea capillacea (Kunth) G. Don [289]
4) Ipomoea carnea Jacq. ssp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D. Austin [1173]
5) Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst. var. cordatotriloba [715]
6) Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet [203]
7) Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. [1184]
8) Ipomoea longifolia Benth. [343]
9) Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey. [778]
10) Ipomoea setifera Poir. [246]
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