Ipomoea batatas

Taxonavigation

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

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

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).

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

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.

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International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea batatas. Published online. Accessed: November 10 2019. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea batatas. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 November 2019. Reference page.
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. Reference page.