Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Ipomoea batatas
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
(L.) Lam.
Common names
Sweet Potato, Sweet-potato, Sweetpotato, Yam, `Uala
Names in other languages (51)Akage, Apichu, Batata, Batate, Boniato, Camote, Camote de bejuco, Chinkiamai inchi, Cumar, Fan shu, Gan shu, Hong shu, Inchi, Ipomée patate, Ipomée patate, Patate douce, Batate, Patate, Kayuk inchi, Kumal, Kumara, Kümaa, Ûmaa, paniahoe, Ma yaji, Nantar inchi, Nea yaji, Patata dolce, Patate douce, Po yaji, Saar inchi, Sacha camote, Sacha kumal, Sara yaji, Suesskartoffel, Su’nyo yaji, Süßkartoffel (DE); Sweet Potato (EN); Batatera (ES), Tsunki inchi, Uchich inchi, Unkuship inchi, Yaja inchi, Yaji, Yutai inchi, batat, batata-da-terra, batata-doce, kümara, ’ümara, ùmaa, ’ümara, ’ümaga, 고구마, Chinin ak, Iis, Isaki, Om, On, Yashal chinzak
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Solanales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Convolvulaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Ipomoea
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
batatas
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Ipomoea batatas
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Data deficient (DD)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:00.
Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
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Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
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Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
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Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 1.0 · View original image · Original observation
Photo of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Photo: Norma Piedra · CC BY 4.0 · View original image · Original observation

Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:00.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 12 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × has as a parasite × is adjacent to × has its flowers visited by × co-occurs ecologically with × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of (this species is the record's destination) × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has as a pathogen × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of (this species is the record's origin) × is visited by ×

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is a host of 490 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
BOLD:AAA4646 Crambidae is a host of 128 not compared
Albugo ipomoeae-panduratae Albuginaceae is a host of 103 not compared
SPCSV Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus Closteroviridae is a host of 100 no location
Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt Ceratocystis fimbriata Ceratocystidaceae is a host of 91 not compared
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interacts with 159 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus Curculionidae interacts with 238 no location
Parasitoid wasp Pholetesor bedelliae Braconidae interacts with 50 no location
sweet potato delphacid Aloha ipomoeae Delphacidae interacts with 34 no location
pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Miridae interacts with 24 no location
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is eaten by 111 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fall Armyworm Moth Spodoptera frugiperda Noctuidae is eaten by 14 no location
Chrysodeixis includens Noctuidae is eaten by 10 no location
Tetranychus urticae Tetranychidae is eaten by 6 not compared
Tobacco Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Aleyrodidae is eaten by 6 no location
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has as a parasite 31 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Whitefly Parasitic Wasps Eretmocerus Aphelinidae has as a parasite 4 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at genus level.
Parasitoid wasp Encarsia sophia Aphelinidae has as a parasite 3 no location
Encarsia azimi Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Emersonella niveipes Eulophidae has as a parasite 2 no location
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is adjacent to 25 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Two-banded Tortoise Beetle Agroiconota bivittata Chrysomelidae is adjacent to 13 no location
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula Pentatomidae is adjacent to 12 no location
Lasiodiplodia theobromae Botryosphaeriaceae is adjacent to 8 not compared
Mottled Tortoise Beetle Deloyala guttata Chrysomelidae is adjacent to 6 no location
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Flower visit

has its flowers visited by 16 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. Visiting a flower is not pollinating it. «Pollinates» is a different term and a different block, and merging the two is the measured defect that turned ~88 shared «pollinators» into birds and primates.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Apidae has its flowers visited by 4 not compared
American Bumble Bee Bombus pensylvanicus Apidae has its flowers visited by 2 not compared
Clemen's Sphinx Sphinx luscitiosa has its flowers visited by Refuted 1 no location
Lithurgus sparganotes Megachilidae has its flowers visited by 1 no location
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co-occurs ecologically with 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Funneliformis caledonium Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Funneliformis mosseae Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Microkamienskia perpusilla Glomeraceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
Entrophospora lamellosa Entrophosporaceae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Funneliformis mosseae Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Entrophospora lamellosa Entrophosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Funneliformis caledonius Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Microkamienskia perpusilla Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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interacts with 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
no name interacts with 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes no name for this organism.
Sweet Potato Moth Megastes grandalis Crambidae interacts with 1 no location
no name interacts with 1 no location Not a modelling unit: the source publishes no name for this organism.
Apidae Apidae interacts with 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
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has as a pathogen 6 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species. It is a narrow block, and it cannot be the only one that is read: the most frequent term in the catalogue is the one above, which declares no harm, so much of what a reader would call a pest arrives there instead.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
black bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer Rhizopodaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
Fusarium meridionale Nectriaceae has as a pathogen 1 no location
Asian Cotton Leafworm Spodoptera litura Noctuidae has as a pathogen 1 no location
Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt Ceratocystis fimbriata Ceratocystidaceae has as a pathogen 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 4 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Entrophospora etunicata Entrophosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus irregularis Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Funneliformis mosseae Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Scutellospora gilmorei is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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is visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens Apidae is visited by 1 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

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Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.