Solanum demissum Lindl. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Solanum demissum Lindl.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

864

Place of publication:

J. Hort. Soc. London 3:70, f. p. 69. 1848

Verified:

11/22/2010 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 ×semidemissum Juz.
Solanum demissum Lindl. f. atrocyaneum Lechn.
Solanum demissum Lindl. f. tlaxpehualcoense Bukasov ex Rybin

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Reference(s)

Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. 1962 345.
Hawkes, J. G. & J. P. K. Hjerting. 1989. The potatoes of Bolivia: their breeding value and evolutionary relationships. 1989 8, 9.
Hawkes, J. G. 1963. A revision of the tuber-bearing solanums. II. Rec. Scott. Pl. Breed. Sta. 76-181.
Hawkes, J. G. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 193.
Jansky, S. 2000. Breeding for disease resistance in potato. Pl. Breed. Rev. 19:76.
PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
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.
Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:252.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2000. Potato germplasm collecting expedition to Mexico in 1997: taxonomy and new germplasm resources. Amer. J. Potato Res. 77:262.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:117.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:290.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
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	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
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	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Huehuetenango
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Sacatepequez
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala	Totonicapan

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Federal District]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala [Huehuetenango, Sacatepequez, Totonicapan]

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=864. Accessed 16 December 2025.