Potatoes, which are starchy crops from the perennial nightshade Solanum tuberosum, are my favorite comfort food! I like them cooked any style!
Nice, So what's the botanical name called?
the Americas in the second half of the 16th century by the Spanish. Today they are a staple food in many parts of the world and an integral part of much of the world's food supply. As of 2014, potatoes were the world's fourth-largest food crop after maize (corn), wheat, and rice.
Following millennia of selective breeding, there are now over 1,000 different types of potatoes. Over 99% of presently cultivated potatoes worldwide descended from varieties that originated in the lowlands of south-
protection for cultivars.
The use of legal protection for cultivars can be controversial, particularly for food crops that are staples in developing countries, or for plants selected from the wild and propagated for sale without any additional breeding work; some people consider this practice unethical.
Legal protection of cultivars and their names Trade designations and selling names.
The formal scientific name of a cultivar, like "Solanum tuberosum" ‘King Edward’, is a way of uniquely designating a particular kind of plant. This scientific name is in