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Taxon:  Solanum medians Bitter



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101268
Place of publication:
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11:366. 1912
Verified:
11/07/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum arahuayum Ochoa
Solanum medians Bitter var. autumnale Correll
Solanum sandemanii Hawkes
Solanum tacnaense Ochoa
Solanum tacnaense Ochoa f. decurrentialatum (Ochoa) Correll
Solanum tacnaense Ochoa var. sandemanii (Hawkes) Correll
Solanum weberbaueri Bitter
Solanum weberbaueri Bitter var. decurrentialatum Ochoa
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Reference(s)
  1. Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. 1962 507.
  2. Hawkes, J. G. 1963. A revision of the tuber-bearing solanums. II. Rec. Scott. Pl. Breed. Sta. 76-181.
  3. Hawkes, J. G. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 143.
  4. Knapp, S. et al. 2007. Solanaceae endémicas del Perú. Revista Peruana Biol. 13(2 Número Especial):637s.
  5. Ochoa, C. M. Las papas de Sudamerica: Peru (parte 1). 1999 1:767.
  6. Ochoa, C. M. Los Solanum tuberiferos silvestres del Perú (secc. Tuberarium, sub-secc. Hyperbasarthrum). 1962
  7. Salas, A. R. et al. 2001. Taxonomy and new collections of wild potato species in central and southern Peru in 1999. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:201-202.
  8. Spooner, D. M. & A. Salas. 2006. Chapter 1. Structure, biosystematics, and genetic resources. Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management. 2006 1-39.
  9. Spooner, D. M. & A. Salas. 2006. Chapter 1. Structure, biosystematics, and genetic resources. Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management. 2006 1-39.
  10. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:253.
  11. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2008. Revision of the Solanum medians complex (Solanum section Petota). Syst. Bot. 33:579-588.
  12. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:291, 309.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileAntofagasta 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileTarapaca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAncash 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruArequipa 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAyacucho 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruHuancavelica 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLima 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruMoquegua 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruTacna 
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile [Antofagasta, Tarapaca]
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru [Ancash, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Lima, Moquegua, Tacna]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101268. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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