Root vegetable

Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables. They are called root vegetables for lack of a better generic term, but include both true roots such as tuberous roots and taproots, as well as non-roots such as tubers, rhizomes, corms, and bulbs. Several types contain both taproot and hypocotyl tissue, and it may be difficult to distinguish the two.

List of root vegetables by anatomical type

• True root
• Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue)
• Apium graveolens (celeriac)
• Arctium spp. (burdock or gobo)
• Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha)
• Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel)
• Brassica spp. (rutabaga and turnip)
• Bunium persicum (black cumin)
• Daucus carota (carrot)
• Lepidium meyenii (maca)
• Pachyrhizus spp. (jicama and ahipa)
• Pastinaca sativa (parsnip)
• Petroselinum spp. (parsley root)
• Raphanus sativus (daikon and radish)
• Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify
• Sium sisarum (skirret)
• Tragopogon spp. (salsify)
• Tuberous root
• Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut)
• Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato)
• Manihot esculenta (cassava)
• Mirabilis extensa (mauka or chago)
• Psoralea esculenta (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip)
• Sechium edule (chayote)
• Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón)
• Modified stem
• Corm
• Amorphophallus konjac (konjac)
• Colocasia esculenta (taro)
• Eleocharis dulcis (chinese water chestnut)
• Ensete spp. (enset)
• Erythronium spp. (katakuri)
• Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo)
• Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, and other names)
• Rhizome
• Arthropodium spp. (rengarenga, vanilla lily, and others)
• Canna spp. (canna lily)
• Cordyline fruticosa (ti)
• Raphanus sativus (radish)
• Maranta arundinacea (arrowroot)
• Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root)
• Typha spp. (cattail or bulrush)
• Tuber
• Apios americana (hog potato or groundnut)
• Cyperus esculentus (tigernut or chufa)
• Dioscorea spp. (yam)
• Hemerocallis spp. (daylily)
• Helianthus tuberosus (jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke)
• Lathyrus tuberosus (earthnut pea)
• Oxalis tuberosa (oca or New Zealand yam)
• Solanum tuberosum (potato)
• Plectranthus spp. (kembili, dazo, and others)
• Stachys affinis (chinese artichoke or crosne)
• Tropaeolum tuberosum (mashua or añu)
• Ullucus tuberosus (ulluco)
• Other
• Bulb
• Allium spp. (garlic, onion, shallot, et cetera)
• Camassia quamash (quamash)
• Lilium spp. (lilies)