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Line 14: {{Taxobox_end}} The '''potato~~''' '''1~~''' (''Solanum tuberosum'') is a [[perennial plant]] of the [[Solanaceae]], or [[nightshade]], family, grown for its [[starch]]y [[tuber]]. Potatoes form the world's most important non-[[cereal]] crop, and grow world-wide. Growers cultivate thousands of different varieties of potato. The potato originated in Peru: Peruvians cultivate around 200 different kinds of potatoes. The potato has only a very distant relationship with the [[sweet potato]]. In areas of the [[United States]] where sweet potatoes grow commonly, people sometimes refer to the "Irish potato" to distinguish the two, a reference to the widespread cultivation of potatoes in [[Ireland]] in the 19th century.

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