Taxon: Ullucus tuberosus Caldas

Genus:

Ullucus

Family:

Basellaceae

Nomen number:

40814

Place of publication:

Semanario nueva reyno Grenada 185. 1809

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

27-feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-jul-2018

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

199 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Ullucus tuberosus subsp. aborigineus (7 accessions)

Synonyms:

(≡) Basella tuberosa (Caldas) Kunth
(=) Melloca peruviana Moq.
(≡) Melloca tuberosa (Caldas) Lindl.
(=) Ullucus kunthii Moq.

Common names:

ullucu (Source: Dict Rehm) - Quichua (Peru)
melloco (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
olluco (Source: Potato Bol) - Spanish
papa lisa (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
uljuku (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
ulluco (Source: World Econ Pl) - Spanish
ulluko (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Human food: vegetable (fide F EntreR; CultTropS)

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969- (F EntreR)
Hawkes, J. G. & J. P. K. Hjerting The potatoes of Bolivia: their breeding value and evolutionary relationships. 1989 (Potato Bol)
Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

Check other web resources for Ullucus tuberosus Caldas :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=40814. Accessed 8 junio 2026.