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Taxon:
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Bancr.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Arracacia
Family:
Apiaceae
(alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Selineae
Nomen number:
4256
Place of publication:
Trans. Agric. Soc. Jamaica 1825:5. 1825
Verified:
12/09/1986
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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Arracacia esculenta
DC.
Conium arracacha
Hook.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Blas, R. et al.
2008. Analysis of the geographic distribution and relationships among Peruvian wild species of
Arracacia
. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:643-655.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Constance, L.
1949. The South American species of
Arracacia
(Umbelliferae) and some related genera. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76:39-52.
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=Arracacia+xanthorrhiza&quantity=1
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Hermann, M.
1997. Arracacha.
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
URL:
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/publications/pubseries.asp?ID_SERIE=37
Hodge, W. H.
1954. The edible arracacha-little known root crop of the Andes. Econ. Bot. 8:195-221.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
León, B.
1997. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Quichua (Peru) common names
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
1936-. Flora of Peru
Note:
1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Morillo, E. & G. Sécond.
2016. Tracing the domestication of the Andean root crop arracacha (
Arracacia xanthorhiza
Bancr.): a molecular survey confirms the selection of a wild form apt to asexual reproduction. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 1-8.
DOI:
10.1017/S1479262116000046
.
URL:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PGR#
Note:
vegetatively reproduced
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Common names
English
Peruvian-carrot –
Reference(s)
Peruvian-parsnip –
Reference(s)
white-carrot –
Reference(s)
Aymara (Peru)
lacache –
Reference(s)
French
pomme de terre céleri –
Reference(s)
German
Arrakatscha –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
batata-baroa –
Reference(s)
batata-fiúza –
Reference(s)
cenoura-amarela –
Reference(s)
mandioquinha –
Reference(s)
mandioquinha-salsa –
Reference(s)
Quichua (Peru)
racacha –
Reference(s)
virraca –
Reference(s)
Spanish
arracacha –
Reference(s)
Spanish (Venezuela)
apio –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Ancash
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Ayacucho
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Junín
2
Cultivated
Southern America
South America
n.
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
[Ancash, Ayacucho, Junín]
Cultivated
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
REGION:
South America
(n.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
starch
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human food
vegetable
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Name
References