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Taxon: Solanum tuberosum L.

Genus: Solanum subgenus: Potatoe section: Petota subsection: Potatoe
Family: Solanaceae subfamily: Solanoideae tribe: Solaneae.
Nomen number: 103137
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:185. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 20-May-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 14-Jan-2006
Species priority site is: Potato Germplasm Introduction Station (NR6).
Accessions: 950 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • only available ) NPGS core subset accessions for the crop ‘POTATO’ ) or .


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Common names:

  • Irish potato   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • potato   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  • potato   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • white potato   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • pomme de terre   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • Kartoffel   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • jaga-imo   (Source: Names Batra ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • batata   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • kartophler   (Source: Y. N, p.c.) – Transliterated Russian   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
  • andigena   (Source: Lost Crops of Incas) – Spanish   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. andigenum]
  • papa   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum]
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Northern South America: Venezuela
    Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
    Southern South America: Argentina [NW]; Chile

References:

  • Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. (Potato WR) 499.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Hawkes, J. G. 1963. A revision of the tuber-bearing solanums. II. Rec. Scott. Pl. Breed. Sta. 76–181.
  • Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. (Potato EGR) 180.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Ochoa, C. M. 1990. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. (Potato SAmer Bol) 386.
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:255.
  • Spooner, D. M. et al. 2000. Potato germplasm collecting expedition to Mexico in 1997: taxonomy and new germplasm resources. Amer. J. Potato Res. 77:262.
  • Symon, D. E. 1981. A revision of the genus Solanum in Australia. J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 4:1–367.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Solanum tuberosum L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Solanaceae Source: A global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.
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