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Ipomoea batatas
sweet potato
As recorded: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
- Collected by
- Sykes, W.R.
- Collector number
- 3049/CI
- Date
- January 22, 1990
- Locality
- Nikao, behind airport
- Island
- Rarotonga
- Region
- Cook Islands
- Elevation
- 2 m
- Identified by
- Staples, G.W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On January 22, 1990, Sykes, W.R. also collected 3 other specimens.
Ipomoea batatas observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1990. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3,778 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.
2026-10-27
Guangfu Rd Sec 2, East District, Hsinchu City, TW
(c) YiWei, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-26
P54P+X54, Jatireja, Kec. Cikarang Tim., Kabupaten Bekasi, Jawa Barat 17530, Indonesia
(c) caturcahyo10, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Tlaltizapán de Zapata, MX-MR, MX
(c) Alicia Eugenia Ayala Aceves, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
San Andrés Cholula, Pue., México
(c) Bodo Nuñez Oberg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
古洞, 新界, HK
(c) chenglu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Nanjing, CN-JS, CN
(c) 老山敬德, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Ipomoea batatas. BISH 665077. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956539085. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/665077.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956539085 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026