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Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile . Genetic studies show that the cultivated potato has a single origin, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia .
Solanum is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae , comprising around 1,500 species.
Fruits including tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant/aubergine, bell peppers and chili peppers, all of which are closely related members of the Solanaceae.. The Solanaceae (/ ˌ s ɒ l ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /), [3] or the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of ...
Detail of the flowers of Solanum dulcamara, one of the 1240 accepted taxa that make up the genus Solanum , along with economically important species such as the potato (S. tuberosum), the tomato (S. lycopersicum) and the aubergine (S. melongena). This is a list of species in the plant genus Solanum.
Solanum etuberosum is a species of wild potato in the family Solanaceae, endemic to central Chile. [1] Although it does not bear tubers (or has tubers that are little more than thickened rhizomes), it is still being extensively studied for its resistance to Potato virus Y , Potato leafroll virus , green peach aphids , and frost.
The potato, Solanum tuberosum, has at least 438 taxonomic synonyms, as listed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew website Plants of the World Online. [1] Synonyms
Solanum triquetrum; Solanum tuberosum (previous page) This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 22:29 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Solanum tuberosum Group Phureja is a cultivar-group of diploid potato plants originating from the Andes in South America. The group differs from other potato cultivar-groups by the absence of dormant tubers. [ 1 ]