True Root
Further information: root- Taproot (some types may incorporate substantial hypocotyl tissue)
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza (arracacha)
- Abelmoschus moschatus (bush carrot)
- Beta vulgaris (beet and mangelwurzel)
- Brassica spp. (rutabaga and turnip)
- Bunium persicum (black cumin)
- Burdock (Arctium, family Asteraceae)
- Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus)
- Celeriac - (Apium graveolens rapaceum)
- Daikon - East Asian radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
- Lepidium meyenii (maca)
- Microseris scapigera (yam daisy)
- Pachyrhizus spp. (jicama and ahipa)
- Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
- Petroselinum spp. (parsley root)
- Radish -
- Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify)
- Sium sisarum (skirret)
- Tragopogon spp. (salsify)
- Vigna lanceolata (bush potato)
- Tuberous root
- Amorphophallus glabra (Yellow lily yam)
- Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut)
- Hornstedtia scottiana (Native ginger)
- Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato)
- Ipomoea costata (desert yam)
- Manihot esculenta (cassava or yuca or manioc)
- Mirabilis extensa (mauka or chago)
- Psoralea esculenta (breadroot, tipsin, or prairie turnip)
- Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón)
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