- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320268-2
- Publication
- Species Plantarum
- Collation
- 1: 154
- Date of Publication
- 1 May 1753
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Convolvulaceae
Type Information
- Type Herbaria
- lectotype S (HERB. LINN. NO. 77.5) (HERB. LINN. NO. 77.5)
- Distribution Of Types
- India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)
Remarks
S. D. Biju rejected Verdcourt's (Fl. Trop. E. Africa: Convolvulaceae 114. 1963) designation of LINN 218.12 as the LT. Note on orthography: Specific epithet derived from vernacular name 'batatas' used as a noun in apposition.