Ipomoea.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1884.
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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Engl.: sweet potato, sweetpotato, yam.
Deu.: Batate, Süsskartoffel.
Sven.: batat, sötpotatis.
Suom.: bataatti.
Bot. syn.: Batatas edulis Choisy, Convolvulus batatas L., Convolvulus tiliaceus auct. non Willd., Ipomoea edulis Niederl., Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet, Ipomoea tiliacea auct. non (Willd.) Choisy, Ipomoea triloba auct. non L.
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