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Taxon:
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
(Lam.) Spreng.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Pachyrhizus
Family:
Fabaceae
(alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Phaseoleae
Subtribe:
Glycininae
Nomen number:
26290
Place of publication:
Syst. veg. 4(2):281. 1827
Verified:
10/28/1988
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dolichos tuberosus
Lam.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Note:
mentions
Bernal, R., S. R. Gradstein & M. Celis.
2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
URL:
http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co/
Delêtre, M. et al.
2017. Ecotypic differentiation under farmers' selection: Molecular insights into the domestication of
Pachyrhizus
Rich. ex DC. (Fabaceae) in the Peruvian Andes. Evol. Applications 10:498-513.
Duke, J. A.
1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Pachyrhizus+tuberosus&quantity=1
Grüneberg, W. J. et al.
2003. A new yam bean (
Pachyrhizus
spp.) interspecific hybrid. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:757-766.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell.
1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
Note:
cultivated
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Maréchal, R. et al.
1978. Étude taxonomique d'un groupe complexe d'espèces des genres
Phaseolus
et
Vigna
(Papilionaceae) sur la base données morphologiques et polliniques, traitées par l'analyse informatique. Boissiera 28:249.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
National Academy of Sciences.
1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future
Oré Balbin, I. et al.
2007. Review of the
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
(Lam.) Spreng. Cultivar groups in Peru. Pl. Genet. Resources Newslett. 151:1-11.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Ramos-de-la-Peña, A. M. et al.
2013. Advances and perspectives of
Pachyrhizus
spp. in food science and technology. Trends Food Sci. Technol. 29:44-54.
Note:
Elsevier.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Sørensen, M. et al.
1997. Status of the South American tuberous legume
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
(Lam.) Spreng. Biodivers. & Conservation 6:1581-1625.
URL:
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/evolutionary+%26+developmental+biology/journal/10531
Sørensen, M.
1988. A taxonomic revision of the genus
Pachyrhizus
(Fabaceae-Phaseoleae). Nordic J. Bot. 8:185.
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291756-1051/issues
Sørensen, M.
1990. Observations on distribution, ecology and cultivation of the tuber-bearing legume genus
Pachyrhizus
Rich. ex DC. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 90-3:7.
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Tapia, C. & M. Sørensen.
2003. Morphological characterization of the genetic variation existing in a Neotropical collection of yam bean,
Pachyrhizus tuberosus
(Lam.) Spreng. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 50:681-692.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Common names
English
potato-bean –
Reference(s)
yam-bean –
Reference(s)
French
pois patate –
Reference(s)
German
Knollenbohne –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
feijão-jacatupé –
Reference(s)
Spanish
ahipa –
Reference(s)
jícama –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Peru)
ajipa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
also prob. escaped/introduced
2
Cultivated
Southern America
South America
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
(also prob. escaped/introduced)
Cultivated
Southern America
REGION:
South America
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
Sørensen, M.
1990. Observations on distribution, ecology and cultivation of the tuber-bearing legume genus
Pachyrhizus
Rich. ex DC. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 90-3:7.
Human food
vegetable
Sørensen, M.
1990. Observations on distribution, ecology and cultivation of the tuber-bearing legume genus
Pachyrhizus
Rich. ex DC. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 90-3:7.
Name
References