Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

310913

Place of publication:

J. L. M. Poiret, Encycl. suppl. 3:749. 1814

Comment:

authorship verified from original literature, where both the name and its validating diagnosis are ascribed to Dunal (Melbourne ICN Art. 46.2)

Verified:

11/21/2010 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 bulbocastanum Dunal subsp. bulbocastanum
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal subsp. dolichophyllum (Bitter) Hawkes
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal subsp. partitum (Correll) Hawkes
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal var. dolichophyllum Bitter
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal var. glabrum Correll
Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal var. partitum Correll

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Reference(s)

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Jansky, S. 2000. Breeding for disease resistance in potato. Pl. Breed. Rev. 19:76.
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Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rodríguez, A. & D. M. Spooner. 2002. Subspecies boundaries of the wild potatoes Solanum bulbocastanum and S. cardiophyllum based on morphological and nuclear rflp data. Acta Bot. Mex. 61:9-25.
Rodriguez, A. & D. M. Spooner. 1997. Chloroplast DNA analysis of Solanum bulbocastanum and S. cardiophyllum, and evidence for the distinctiveness of S. cardiophyllum subsp. ehrenbergii (sect. Petota). Syst. Bot. 22:31-43.
Spooner, D. M. & A. Salas. 2006. Chapter 1. Structure, biosystematics, and genetic resources. Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management. 2006 1-39.
Spooner, D. M. & A. Salas. 2006. Chapter 1. Structure, biosystematics, and genetic resources. Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management. 2006 1-39.
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Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Queretaro
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Baja Verapaz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Huehuetenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Quezaltenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Sacatepequez
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Solola
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala [Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Quezaltenango, Sacatepequez, Solola], Honduras

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=310913. Accessed 16 December 2025.