Species · Solanaceae

Potato

Solanum tuberosum. Solanaceae, genus Solanum. What this plant is called and where it is recorded, plus the published numbers the keystone holds so far.

Rank
species
Names
44 in 19 languages
Numbers
14 (14 with a source)
Keystone status
partial

Names

No scientific synonyms are recorded for this name.

English: Irish Potato, Potato.

In other languages

  • Czech: lilek brambor, Ĺulok zemiakový
  • Danish: Kartoffel
  • Dutch: Aardappel
  • Finnish: peruna
  • French: Morelle tubéreuse, Pomme de terre, Patate, Pomme de terre, Pomme de terre, Morelle tubéreuse, pommes-de-terre
  • German: Erdapfel, Kartoffel
  • Greek: patatia
  • Hungarian: burgonya
  • Italian: Patata
  • Norwegian (Bokmål): potet
  • Norwegian (Nynorsk): potet
  • Portuguese: batata, batata-inglesa, batateira, batatinha, semilheira
  • Spanish: Chinpalu, Papa, Papa leona, Papa pulos, Papa uvilla, Patata, Potato, Sacha papa
  • Swedish: potatis
  • Turkish: Patates
  • Welsh: Pytaten, Taten, Tatws
  • mlt: Patata
  • nor: potet

Names with no language recorded: Kartoffel (DE); Papa (ES); Potato (EN), potato, potatoes, potetplanten, 감자.

Where it is recorded

Taxonomy record sources: GBIF (CC BY 4.0), USDA_PLANTS_CATALOG (Public Domain). Loaded from the botanica open cultivated-plant knowledge base and the GBIF backbone; each row keeps its origin.

Growth stages

  • Initial: about 25 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Jan/Nov, (Semi) Arid Climate)
  • Crop development: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Jan/Nov, (Semi) Arid Climate)
  • Mid-season: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Jan/Nov, (Semi) Arid Climate)
  • Late season: about 30 days (FAO 56 Table 11: planted Jan/Nov, (Semi) Arid Climate)

What the sources say it wants

Each line shows the band, then the kind of source and the citation. "Published" means the number is printed on the cited page; "derived" means it was computed from published numbers with the formula recorded on the row; "external API" rows are refreshed nightly from a live source; "curated" rows are OAT's own working values from June 2026.

Whole cycle

ZoneMeasureBandSource
Root zoneRoot-zone EC (dS/m)up to 1.7 (warning above 2.5, alert above 3.8)published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 29, 1985

Initial

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, initial stage (ratio)0.5published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Mid-season

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, mid-season (ratio)1.15published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Late season

ZoneMeasureBandSource
TimingCrop coefficient, end of season (ratio)0.75published: FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56, 1998

Phenophases observed by the USA National Phenology Network

10 phenophases are tracked for this species and refreshed nightly, as stage triggers: All leaves withered, Flowers or flower buds, Fruits, Initial growth, Leaves, Open flowers, Recent fruit or seed drop, Ripe fruits.

Keystone status

Partial. The KEEP rule asks for a growth stage and a band in each of light, air and root zone before a crop counts as complete; this plant is in the keystone with what its sources give so far.

Generated 2026-09-15 from the OAT plant keystone. Source types and citations are carried on every row; the keystone snapshot that the Library instruments read is plant-targets.json and its quality sheet is plant-targets.quality.json.