Ipomoea batatas (Sweet potato)

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Sweet potato

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Solanales	Potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias, sweet potatoes, morning glories, many others
Family	Convolvulaceae	Bindweed or morning glory family
Genus	Ipomoea	From Greek ips, “a worm,” and homoios, “like,” because of the twining vine
Species	batatas

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Convolvulus batatas L.

Convolvulus tiliaceus auct. non Willd.

Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet

Ipomoea tiliacea auct. non (Willd.) Choisy

Ipomoea triloba auct. non L.

Ipomoea batatas description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

8/29/2010 · Joy and Jim’s, Mansfield, Massachusetts
≈ 17 × 12" (44 × 29 cm) ID is uncertain

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