potato

Summary

potato is a taxon^[1]. potato ranks in the top 0.047% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,877 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 {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'taten'}^[28], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Russian Potato'}^[29], {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'بطاطس'}^[30], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Erdo(ä)pfé'}^[31], {'lang': 'bar', 'text': 'Grumpirn'}^[32], and {'lang': 'bar', 'text': '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 (8,877 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 66 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].