Ipomoea batatas

Ipomoea batatas

Distribution

    pCu(cCuW cCuC cCuE) – DEsp DJa DPRc DMen DBah DCay DAmN DAmC DAmS cVM 

    Cuba: not native but possibly naturalised cultivated, West Cuba cultivated; East Cuba cultivated; Central Cuba cultivated Lesser Antilles: present but doubtfully native Old World : cultivated North America: present but doubtfully native Bahamas: present but doubtfully native Central America: present but doubtfully native Cayman Islands: present but doubtfully native Hispaniola: present but doubtfully native Jamaica: present but doubtfully native South America: present but doubtfully native Puerto Rico: present but doubtfully native

Families in other Floras

  • Convolvulaceae sec. Flora de Cuba
  • Convolvulaceae sec. Acevedo-Rodríguez & Strong 2012
  • n/a sec. Flora de la República de Cuba

Synonymy

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016
  • Convolvulus batatas L. syn. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016
  • =Convolvulus edulis Thunb. syn. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016
  • Batatas edulis (Thunb.) Choisy syn. sec. Greuter & Rankin Rodríguez 2016