Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:185. 1753
Comment:
[or S. tuberosum Tuberosum Group]
Verified:
02/03/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Irish potato – potato – white potato – French
pomme de terre – German
Kartoffel – Japanese Rōmaji
jaga-imo – Polish
ziemniak – Portuguese
batata – Spanish
papa – Swedish
potatis – Transcribed Chinese
yang yu – Transcribed Korean
gamja – Transliterated Russian
kartofel' –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Cultivated
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | beverage base | | Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 182. |
| Human food | starch | | Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 182. |
| Human food | vegetable | | Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 182. |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101293.
Accessed 16 December 2025.