Solanum brevicaule
| Solanum brevicaule | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. brevicaule |
| Binomial name | |
| Solanum brevicaule Bitter, 1912 | |
Solanum brevicaule is a tuberous perennial of the Solanaceae family. The species is native to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru). It is related to the potato, but unlike the potato which is tetraploid, it has several levels of ploidy: diploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid.
This species gives its name to the "Solanum brevicaule complex" which includes about twenty species of morphologically close wild potato species distributed between central Peru and northern Argentina, and are considered by some taxonomists to be the ancestors of the traditional varieties of potatoes grown in the Andean regions.[1]
References
- ↑ David Spooner. "Roadmaps to the origins of potato". International Year of the Potato 2008. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- "Solanum brevicaule Bitter". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- "Solanum brevicaule". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Solanum brevicaule Bitter
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