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Sweet-potato
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Solanales »  family Convolvulaceae »  genus Ipomoea - morning-glory

Scientific synonyms

Convolvulus batatas L.
Batatas edulis (Thunb.)Choisy
Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet

Other names


= Sweet Potato Vine

Images

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Forest & Kim Starr

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Petr Vobořil

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Petr Vobořil

Ipomoea batatas - Sweet-potato

Author: Petr Vobořil

Intertaxon relationships

consumer: Heterobostrychus brunneus (Murray, 1867) - Boxwood Borer, Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common Eggfly

consumer (larval stage only): Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823), Agrius cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775) - Pink-spotted Hawk-moth, Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius, 1798) - Greater death's head hawkmoth

vegetable

Links and literature

EN Botanical Society of British Isles [http://www.bsbi.org.uk/], Botany Department, The Natural History Museum [as Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 11 May 2012
EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [1101088-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 31 January 2025
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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