Tag Archive for 'Convolvulaceae'

‘Tanzania’ sweetpotato variety. Image credit: Benard Yada, National Crops Resources Research Institute in Uganda.

Scientists Decode Genome of Sweetpotato

Aug 12, 2025 by News Staff

Researchers have produced a chromosome-level genome assembly for a sweetpotato cultivar called ‘Tanzania.’ ‘Tanzania’ sweetpotato variety. Image...

Jaquemontia chuquisacensis. Image credit: John Pink.

Five New Species of Flowering Plants Discovered in Bolivia

Jul 23, 2021 by News Staff

A team of U.K. botanists has discovered five new species in the plant genus Jacquemontia in the Andes of Bolivia. Jaquemontia chuquisacensis. Image credit:...

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Image credit: Llez / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sweet Potatoes May Have Originated in Asia

May 24, 2018 by News Staff

57-milion-year-old leaf fossils from eastern India suggest that the worldwide-distributed morning glory family (Convolvulaceae), which includes sweet potatoes...