Taxon:  Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancr.



Summary
Genus:
Arracacia
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Selineae
Nomen number:
4256
Place of publication:
Trans. Agric. Soc. Jamaica 1825:5.  1825
Verified:
12/09/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Arracacia esculenta DC.
Conium arracacha Hook.

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Blas, R. et al. 2008. Analysis of the geographic distribution and relationships among Peruvian wild species of Arracacia. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:643-655.
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Constance, L. 1949. The South American species of Arracacia (Umbelliferae) and some related genera. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 76:39-52.
  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  7. Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  8. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  9. Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
  10. Hodge, W. H. 1954. The edible arracacha-little known root crop of the Andes. Econ. Bot. 8:195-221.
  11. León, B. 1997. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Quichua (Peru) common names
  12. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  13. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 56-57.
  14. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936-. Flora of Peru Note: 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  15. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  16. Morillo, E. & G. Sécond. 2016. Tracing the domestication of the Andean root crop arracacha (Arracacia xanthorhiza Bancr.): a molecular survey confirms the selection of a wild form apt to asexual reproduction. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 1-8. DOI: 10.1017/S1479262116000046. Note: vegetatively reproduced
  17. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  18. 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English arracacha 1 2021. UKVGB DB Note: Information take from the UKVGB database on transfer to GG 2021
English Peruvian-carrot 1 Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English Peruvian-parsnip 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English white-carrot 1 Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Aymara (Peru) lacache 2 Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
French pomme de terre céleri 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Arrakatscha 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil) batata-baroa 2 Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
Portuguese (Brazil) batata-fiúza 2 Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) cenoura-amarela 2 Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) mandioquinha 2 Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) mandioquinha-salsa 2 Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
Quichua (Peru) racacha 2 León, B. 1997. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Quichua (Peru) common names
Quichua (Peru) virraca 2 Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
Spanish arracacha 2 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Spanish (Venezuela) apio 2 Hermann, M. 1997. Arracacha. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. In: Hermann, M. & J. Heller (eds.), Andean roots and tubers: Ahipa, arracacha, maca and yacon. In: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops. 21:75-172.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAncash 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAyacucho 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruJunín 
2CultivatedSouthern America South America n.
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru [Ancash, Ayacucho, Junín]
Cultivated
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • REGION: South America (n.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodstarch Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Human foodstarch Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 56-57.
Human foodvegetable Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=4256. Accessed 22 November 2024.