Summary
Place of publication:
J. Hort. Soc. London 3:70. 1848
Verified:
11/30/2010
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Correll, D. S. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. 1962
- Hawkes, J. G. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 79.
- Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
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- USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
Common names
English
heart-leaf nightshade –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 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 | Zacatecas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
| 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 | 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 | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala]
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | vegetable | | Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984 |
| Weed | | | USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource). |
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=311306.
Accessed 16 December 2025.