The following list classifies root vegetables organized by their roots' anatomy.
Modified plant stem •
Corm •
Amorphophallus konjac (konjac) •
Colocasia esculenta (taro) •
Eleocharis dulcis (Chinese water chestnut) •
Ensete spp. (enset) •
Nymphaea spp. (waterlily) •
Pteridium esculentum •
Sagittaria spp. (arrowhead or wapato) •
Typha spp. •
Xanthosoma spp. (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, yautia and other names) •
Colocasia antiquorum (eddoe or Japanese potato) •
Bulb •
Allium cepa (onion) •
Allium sativum (garlic) •
Camassia quamash (blue camas) •
Foeniculum vulgare (fennel) •
Rhizome •
Alpinia galanga (galangal) •
Arthropodium spp. (rengarenga, vanilla lily, and others) •
Canna spp. (canna) •
Cordyline fruticosa (ti) •
Curcuma longa (turmeric) •
Maranta arundinacea (arrowroot) •
Nelumbo nucifera (lotus root) •
Panax ginseng (ginseng) •
Typha spp. (cattail or bulrush) •
Zingiber officinale (ginger) •
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
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 •
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. (
salsify) •
Vigna lanceolata (bush carrot or bush potato) •
Tuberous root •
Amorphophallus galbra (yellow lily yam) •
Conopodium majus (pignut or earthnut) •
Dioscorea spp. (
yams,
ube) •
Dioscorea polystachya (nagaimo, Chinese yam, Korean yam, mountain yam, white ñame) •
Hornstedtia scottiana (native ginger) •
Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato or kūmara) •
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) == Uses ==