in taxon starch-producing plant vegetable-producing plant, root, tuber or bulb potato plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Potato_plants.jpg/640px-Potato_plants.jpg PLANTS:SOSU Solanum tuberosum L. MANSFELD:5808 The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum. In many contexts, potato refers to the edible tuber, but it can also refer to the plant itself. irish potato solanum tuberosum white potato solanum plant Solanum tuberosum ready for release