Other Name(s): yam (but this term more correctly refers to the roots of the tropical species Dioscorea and is distinctly higher in starch and less sweet.) There are two basic types of sweet potato.

Controlling invasive species costs Florida over $100 million ... Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera), and air potato vines ...

The air potato plant, known as Dioscorea bulbifera ... but they're one of the state's most aggressive invasive species. Invasive species, whether plant or animal, can disrupt and destroy the ...