potato

species of plant (for the food, use Q16587531)
Taxon taxon Q10998
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potato

Summary

potato is a taxon[1]. potato ranks in the top 0.047% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,919 views/month, #91 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • potato received the Vegetable of the year[3].
  • potato received the Poisonous Plant of the Year[4].
  • potato's instance of is recorded as taxon[5].
  • potato is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • potato belongs to the parent taxon Solanum[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, potato is Solanum tuberosum[8].
  • potato is a type of useful plant[9].
  • potato is a type of poisonous plant[10].
  • potato is a type of perennial plant[11].
  • potato is used for fodder[12].
  • potato is used for vegetable[13].
  • potato is used for medicinal plant[14].
  • potato is used for human food[15].
  • potato's Commons category is recorded as Solanum tuberosum[16].
  • potato's Unicode character is recorded as 🥔[17].
  • potato's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Potatoes[18].
  • potato's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Solanum tuberosum[19].
  • potato's Commons gallery is recorded as Solanum tuberosum[20].
  • potato's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[21].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[22].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 67(1)[24].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • potato's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[27].

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Classification

potato's scientific name is Solanum tuberosum[8]. potato is classified at the rank of species[6]. potato belongs to the parent taxon Solanum[7]. Recorded taxon common name include taten[28], Russian Potato[29], بطاطس[30], Erdo(ä)pfé[31], Grumpirn[32], and Kartóffé[33].

Identifiers

potato's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4113[34]. potato's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47134908[35]. potato's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2930262[36]. potato's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505272[37].

Discovery and Description

Things named for potato include aloo gobi[38] and aloo mutter[39].

Why It Matters

potato ranks in the top 0.047% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42,919 views/month, #91 of 195,241).[2] potato has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] potato is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for potato include aloo gobi[38] and aloo mutter[39].

FAQs

What awards did potato receive?

Honors received include Vegetable of the year[3] and Poisonous Plant of the Year[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → solanum-tuberosum
    Different from → potato, ale, plum
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  2. 5w ago · Elyaqim · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → potato, ale, plum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q208385]]"
  3. 9w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-బంగాళదుంప.wav
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  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → OPkWV
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  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0327996-brambor-obecny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0327996-brambor-obecny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13407, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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