Details for: PI 558121, Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm., OKA 7531

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm.

Top Name:

OKA 7531

Origin:

Collected – Salta, Argentina

Maintained:

Potato Germplasm Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Jun 1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 558121 2013sp SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm.

Top Name:

OKA 7531

Origin:

Collected – Salta, Argentina

Maintained:

Potato Germplasm Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

Jun 1984

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

26 March 1983.
Salta, Argentina
Locality: Rosario de Lerma. Abra de Tinajas, about 14 hours by mule from Castellanos.
Coordinates: -24.6167, -65.5833 (Map it)
Elevation: 3350m.
Environment description: Grassy slopes, amongst stones.

Collector(s):

Okada, K.A., Estacion Experimental Regional

Donated

June 1984.
Wisconsin, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Potato Voucher
Note:
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Accession Names and Identifiers

OKA 7531

Type: Collector identifier

KO 0183

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Grassy slopes, amongst stones.

Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm.

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101220

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(suppl.):550. 1914

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/182795

Verified:

11/29/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm. subsp. vernei

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum ballsii Hawkes
Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm. subsp. ballsii (Hawkes) Hawkes & Hjert.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	purple potato			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 17 Apr 2025, from Solanum spp. to Solanum vernei Bitter & Wittm.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	Chromosome Number	Chromosome number of accession (e.g. 24,48,72)	24 - 24 Chromosomes	POTATO.CN.BAMBERG		Not Available
GROWTH	Vine vigor	Degree of vine growth and development.	4 - High vigor within group	POTATO.VIGOR.BAMB.92		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Amount of flowering	Degree of flowering capability among the species group.	5 - Most flowering within species group	POTATO.FLOWR.BAMB.92		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Pollen shed	Degree of pollen shed.	1 - Very little shed	POTATO.PSHED.BAMB.92		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	STAINABLE POLLEN	Percent stainable pollen detected.	5 - 81 - 100% stained	POTATO.PSTAIN.BAM.92		Not Available
OTHER	CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	Y - YES, THE ACCESSION IS PART OF THE CORE SUBSET	POTATO.CORE.BAMBERG.96		Not Available
OTHER	CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	Y - YES, THE ACCESSION IS PART OF THE CORE SUBSET	POTATO.CORE.BAMBERG.96	PI 558121 1987 SD	Not Available
OTHER	POTATO SPECIES ABBREVIATION	Updated Listing of Potato Species Names, Abbreviations and Taxonomic Status.	spp. - spp.	POTATO.SPAB.HUAMAN.1985		Not Available