马铃薯是茄科、茄属,一年生栽培草本,薯芋类蔬菜,以块茎供繁殖和食用。马铃薯原产于南美洲的安第斯山脉地区,其马铃型亚种是目前环宇各国栽培马铃薯的原始种,其拉丁学名的种加词部分即为“有块茎的”之意。对于这种舶来品,我国南北各地以其食用器官的功能和形态为基础,结合地域、方言特色,以及引入地名称等因素给予它种类繁多的异名和别称。 薯芋类蔬菜,是以富含碳水化合物植物的地下器官供食的一类蔬菜,它包括块茎、根茎、球茎和块根。十五、六世纪以前,我国常见的薯芋类已有薯(?)(即山药)、芋头和香芋等蔬品。马铃薯引入后,因其食用功能类似以地下块茎供食的薯(?)而归入薯类。各地以薯字为基础,参照其它因素先后命名了一组称谓:首先是“马铃薯”,它是参照块茎的外观形似古代的马铃而命名 Potatoes are Solanaceae, Solanum, annual cultivated herbs, potato yam vegetables, to tuber for breeding and consumption. The potato is native to the Andes region of South America. Its bell-type subspecies is the original species of potatoes cultivated in various countries in the world. The part of Latin acronym is the meaning of “tuber”. For this kind of exotic, our country north and south based on its function and form of edible organs, combined with geographical, dialect characteristics, as well as the introduction of place names and other factors give it a wide variety of synonyms and nicknames. Yam vegetables, a group of vegetables fed on the underground organs of carbohydrate-rich plants, including tubers, rhizomes, bulbs and roots. Before the 15th and 6th centuries, potato yam (?) (That is, yam), taro and taro have been commonly found in our country. After the introduction of potatoes, because of its edible function similar to tubers (?) Fed to underground tubers and classified as tubers. Based on the potato word, a series of appellations were named after other factors: the first is “potato”, which is named after the appearance of an ancient tuba