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Taxon:  Solanum pimpinellifolium L.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Lycopersicon
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
406496
Place of publication:
Cent. pl. I:8. 1755 (Amoen. acad. 4:268. 1759)
Comment:
authorship attributed by some to Juslenius
Verified:
09/04/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
109 (109  active, 38  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. subsp. pimpinellifolium (L.) Brezhnev
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. subsp. pimpinellifolium (L.) Brezhnev var. racemigerum (Lange) Brezhnev
Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (L.) Mill.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lycopersicon racemigerum Lange
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
  2. Darwin, S. C. et al. 2003. Taxonomy of tomatoes in the Galápagos Islands: native and introduced species of Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae). Syst. Biodivers. 1:49.
  3. Ehlenfeldt, M. K. & R. E. Hanneman, Jr. 1992. Endosperm dosage relationships among Lycopersicon species. Theor. Appl. Genet. 83:367-372.
  4. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  5. Peralta, I. E. & D. M. Spooner. 2001. Granule-bound starch synthase (GBSSI) gene phylogeny of wild tomatoes (Solanum L. section Lycopersicon (Mill.) Wettst. subsection Lycopersicon. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1888-1902.
  6. Peralta, I. E. & D. M. Spooner. 2001. Granule-bound starch synthase (GBSSI) gene phylogeny of wild tomatoes (Solanum L. section Lycopersicon (Mill.) Wettst. subsection Lycopersicon. Amer. J. Bot. 88:1888-1902.
  7. Peralta, I. E. et al. 2008. Taxonomy of wild tomatoes and their relatives (Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandifolia, sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 84:125-132.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Rao, E. S. et al. 2012. Using SSR markers to map genetic diversity and population structure of Solanum pimpinellifolium for development of a core collection. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 10:38-48.
  10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  11. Rick, C. M. 1979. Biosystematic studies in Lycopersicon and closely related species of Solanum. The biology and taxonomy of the Solanacae. 1979 667-678.
  12. Spooner, D. M. et al. 1993. Chloroplast DNA evidence for the interrelationships of tomatoes, potatoes, and pepinos (Solanaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 80:683.
  13. Zuriaga, E. et al. 2008. Classification and phylogenetic relationships in Solanum section Lycopersicon based on AFLP and two nuclear gene sequences. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9392-0
  14. Zuriaga, E. et al. 2008. Classification and phylogenetic relationships in Solanum section Lycopersicon based on AFLP and two nuclear gene sequences. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-008-9392-0
Common names
English
currant tomato –
German
Johannisbeertomate –
Spanish
tomate cimarrón –
Swedish
vinbärstomat –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEl Oro 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorEsmeraldas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGuayas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLos Rios 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorPichincha 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAncash 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLa Libertad 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLambayeque 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruLima 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPiura 
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruTumbes 
4Naturalized     
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Los Rios, Pichincha], Peru [Amazonas, Ancash, Cajamarca, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Lima, Piura, Tumbes]
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodfruit Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
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=406496. Accessed 8 December 2025.

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