Editing Root vegetable (section)

==List of root vegetables==
The following list classifies root vegetables organized by their roots' anatomy.

=== Modified plant stem ===
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[[File:Colocasia esculenta dsc07801.jpg|thumb|Taro corms]]
* [[Corm]]
**''[[Amorphophallus konjac]]'' (konjac)
** ''[[Colocasia esculenta]]'' (taro)
** ''[[Eleocharis dulcis]]'' (Chinese water chestnut)
** ''[[Ensete]]'' spp. (enset)
** ''[[Nymphaea]]'' spp. (waterlily)
** ''[[Pteridium esculentum]]''
** ''[[Sagittaria]]'' spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo)
** ''[[Typha]] spp.
** ''[[Xanthosoma]]'' spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other names)
** ''[[Eddoe|Colocasia antiquorum]]'' (eddoe or Japanese potato)
[[File:- Ginger -.jpg|right|thumb|Ginger rhizomes]]
* [[Bulb]]
** ''[[Allium cepa]]'' (onion)
** ''[[Allium sativum]]'' (garlic)
** ''[[Camassia quamash]]'' (blue camas)
** ''[[Foeniculum vulgare]]'' (fennel)
* [[Rhizome]]
** ''[[Curcuma longa]]'' (turmeric)
** ''[[Panax ginseng]]'' (ginseng)
** ''[[Alpinia galanga]]'' (galangal)
** ''[[Arthropodium]]'' spp. (rengarenga, vanilla lily, and others)
** ''[[Canna (plant)|Canna]]'' spp. (canna)
** ''[[Cordyline fruticosa]]'' (ti)
** ''[[Maranta arundinacea]]'' (arrowroot)
** ''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]'' (lotus root)
** ''[[Typha]]'' spp. (cattail or bulrush)
** ''[[Zingiber officinale]]'' (ginger)
[[File:YamsatBrixtonMarket.jpg|right|thumb|Yam tubers]]
* [[Tuber|Tuberous stem]]
** ''[[Apios americana]]'' (hog potato or groundnut)
** ''[[Cyperus esculentus]]'' (tigernut or chufa)
** ''[[Helianthus tuberosus]]'' (Jerusalem artichoke or sunchoke)
** ''[[Hemerocallis]]'' spp. (daylily)
** ''[[Lathyrus tuberosus]]'' (earthnut pea)
** ''[[Oxalis tuberosa]]'' (oca or New Zealand yam)
** ''[[Plectranthus edulis]]'' and ''[[Plectranthus esculentus|P. esculentus]]'' (kembili, dazo, and others)
** ''[[Solanum tuberosum]]'' (potato)
** ''[[Stachys affinis]]'' (Chinese artichoke or crosne)
** ''[[Tropaeolum tuberosum]]'' (mashua or añu)
** ''[[Ullucus tuberosus]]'' (ulluku)

=== Root-like stem ===
*''[[Zamia integrifolia]]'' (Florida arrowroot)

=== True root ===
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[[File:Turnip 2622027.jpg |thumb|right|Turnips, a taproot]]
* [[Taproot]] (some types may incorporate substantial [[hypocotyl]] tissue)
** ''[[ Arracacia xanthorrhiza]]'' (arracacha)
** ''[[Beta vulgaris]]'' ([[beet]] and [[mangelwurzel]])
** ''[[Brassica]]'' spp. ([[kohlrabi]], [[rutabaga]] and [[turnip]])
** ''[[Bunium persicum]]'' (black cumin)
** [[Burdock]] (''Arctium, family Asteraceae'')
** [[Carrot]] (''Daucus carota subsp. sativus'')
** [[Celeriac]] (''Apium graveolens rapaceum'')
** [[Daikon]] – the large East Asian white radish (''Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus'')
** [[Dandelion]] (''Taraxacum'') spp.
** [[Horseradish]] (''Armoracia rusticana'')
** ''[[Lepidium meyenii]]'' (maca)
** ''[[Microseris lanceolata]]'' (murnong or yam daisy)
** ''[[Pachyrhizus]]'' spp. ([[jicama]] and ahipa)
** [[Parsnip]] (''Pastinaca sativa'')
** ''[[Petroselinum]]'' spp. ([[parsley]] root)
** [[Radish]] (''Raphanus sativus'')
** ''[[Scorzonera hispanica]]'' (black salsify)
** ''[[Sium sisarum]]'' (skirret)
** ''[[Tragopogon]]'' spp. ([[Tragopogon porrifolius|salsify]])
** ''[[Vigna lanceolata]]'' (bush carrot or bush potato)
[[File:Manihot esculenta dsc07325.jpg|right|thumb|Cassava tuberous roots]]
* [[Tuberous root]]
** ''[[Amorphophallus galbra]]'' (yellow lily yam)
** ''[[Conopodium majus]]'' (pignut or earthnut)
** ''[[Dioscorea]]'' spp. ([[yam (vegetable)|yams]], [[Purple yam|ube]])
** ''[[Dioscorea polystachya]]'' (nagaimo, Chinese yam, Korean yam, mountain yam, white ñame)
** ''[[Hornstedtia scottiana]]'' (native ginger)
** ''[[Ipomoea batatas]]'' (sweet potato)
** ''[[Ipomoea costata]]'' (desert yam)
** ''[[Manihot esculenta]]'' (cassava or yuca or manioc)
** ''[[Mirabilis expansa]]'' (mauka or chago)
** ''[[Pediomelum esculentum]]'' (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip)
** ''[[Smallanthus sonchifolius]]'' (yacón)