Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names; Binomial nomenclature)

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. It has the following synonyms: Aniseia cernua Moric. ex Choisy, Aniseia cernua Choisy, Aniseia cernua Moric., Aniseia emarginata (Vahl) Hassk., Aniseia emarginata Hassk., Aniseia ensifolia Choisy, Aniseia heterantha Choisy, Aniseia heteranthera sensu Pittier, Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy var. nitens (Choisy) O’Donnell, Aniseia salicifolia (Desr.) Choisy, Aniseia salicifolia Choisy, Aniseia uniflora Choisy, Aniseia uniflora (Burm.) Choisy, Batatas batatas (L.) H. Karst., Batatas batatas H. Karst., Batatas edulis Choisy, Batatas edulis (Thunb.) Choisy, Batatas edulis (Thunberg ex Murray) Choisy, Batatas edulis var. porphyrorhiza (Griseb.) Ram. Goyena, Convolvulus apiculata M. Martens & Galeotti, Convolvulus attenuatus M. Martens & Galeotti, Convolvulus batata Vell., Convolvulus batataefolius Boiss. & Hausskn. ex Boiss., Convolvulus batatas L., Convolvulus batatilla Kunth, Convolvulus candicans Solander ex Sims, Convolvulus candicans Roem. & Schult., Convolvulus candicans Roth, Convolvulus denticulatus Desr., Convolvulus denticulatus (R.Br.) Spreng., Convolvulus denticulatus Spreng., Convolvulus denticulatus Steud., Convolvulus edulis Vell., Convolvulus edulis Thunberg ex Murray, Convolvulus edulis Thunb., Convolvulus emarginata Vahl, Convolvulus esculentus Salisb., Convolvulus hederaceus Mill., Convolvulus hederaceus Sessé & Moc., Convolvulus hederaceus Blanco, Convolvulus hederaceus L., Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq., Convolvulus salicifolius Desr., Convolvulus tiliaceus auct. non Willd., Convolvulus tuberosus Vell., Convolvulus uniflorus Burm.f., Convolvulus varius Vell., Ipomoea angustisecta Engl., Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir., nom. illeg., isonym, Ipomoea batatas fo. trifida Moldenke, Ipomoea batatas var. cannabina Hallier f., Ipomoea batatas var. edulis (Thunb. ex Murray) Makino, Ipomoea batatas var. edulis (Thunb.) Makino, Ipomoea batatas var. lobata Gagnepain & Courchet, Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz, Ipomoea bolusiana var. pinnatipartita Verdc., Ipomoea confertiflora Standl., Ipomoea davidsoniae Standl., Ipomoea denticulata (Desr.) Choisy, Ipomoea edulis (Thunb.) Makino, Ipomoea edulis (Thunb. ex Murray) Makino, Ipomoea fastigiata Choisy, Ipomoea fastigiata Sweet, Ipomoea fastigiata (Roxb.) Sweet, Ipomoea fastigiata Chapm., Ipomoea fragilis Choisy, Ipomoea lanceolata G. Don, Ipomoea martinicensis (Jacq.) G. Mey., Ipomoea martinicensis G. Mey., Ipomoea mesenterioides Hallier f., Ipomoea morsonii Baker, Ipomoea praetermissa Rendle, Ipomoea purpusii House, Ipomoea ruyssenii A. Chev., Ipomoea setifera Poir., Ipomoea simplex Hook., Ipomoea tiliacea auct. non (Willd.) Choisy, Ipomoea triloba auct. non L., Ipomoea uniflora (Desr.) Roem. & Schult., Ipomoea uniflora (Burm.) Roem. & Schult., Ipomoea uniflora Roem. & Schult., Ipomoea uniflora Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake, Ipomoea uniflora Sessé & Moc., Ipomoea vulsa House, Jacquemontia chiapensis Brandegee) (in ancient Chinese texts, the name now used for “sweet potato” refers to Dioscorea alata Linnaeus, and not this species..

References regarding Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity:

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’ (1768)
· Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8 (1768)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14 (1784)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1792)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1804)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’
· Primitiae Florae Essequeboensis (1818)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1818)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae Orientalis (1821)
· Systema Vegetabilium (1824)
· Hortus Britannicus (1826)
· Fl. Flumin. (1829)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
· Convolv. Orient. (1834)
· Pl. Nouv. Amer. (1837)
· Flora de Filipinas (1837)
· Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève (1838)
· Nomenclator Botanicus (1840)
· Bull. Acad. Bruxelles (1845)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1845)
· Fl. South. U.S. (1860)
· Flora Orientalis (1875)
· Deutsche Flora. (1882)
· Ill. Fl. Ins. Mar. Pacif. (1892)
· Candollea (1952)
· Lilloa (1960)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1987)
· Cytologia (1992)
· Acta Agronomica Sinica (1998)
· Syst. Bot. (1998)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)

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