Taxon: Solanum stoloniferum Schltdl.

Summary

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101233

Place of publication:

Linnaea 8:255. 1833

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/99148

Verified:

01/16/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

605 (527 active, 526 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Solanum stoloniferum Schltdl. subsp. stoloniferum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)


Solanum tuberosum L. var. boreale A. Gray
Solanum ajuscoense Bukasov ex Rybin
Solanum antipoviczii Bukasov ex Rybin
Solanum boreale (A. Gray) Bitter
Solanum candelarianum Bukasov
Solanum fendleri A. Gray
Solanum longipedicellatum Bitter
Solanum neoantipoviczii Bukasov
Solanum malinchense Hawkes
Solanum tlaxcalense Hawkes
Solanum polytrichon Rydb.
Solanum papita Rydb.
Solanum fendleri A. Gray subsp. fendleri
Solanum fendleri A. Gray subsp. arizonicum Hawkes
Solanum stoloniferum Schltdl. subsp. moreliae Hawkes
Solanum wightianum Rydb.
Solanum fendleri A. Gray var. fendleri

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Berg, R. G. van den et al. 2002. Reduction of species in the wild potato Solanum section Petota series Longipedicellata: AFLP, RAPD and chloroplast SSR data. Theor. Appl. Genet. 105:1109-1114.
Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. 368.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Hawkes, J. G. 1963. A revision of the tuber-bearing solanums. II. Rec. Scott. Pl. Breed. Sta. 76-181.
Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 189.
Jansky, S. H. et al. 2013. A case for crop wild relative preservation and use in potato. Crop Sci. (Madison) 53:746-754.
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. In: Gopal, J. & S. M. Paul Khurana, eds., Handbook of Potato Production, Improvement, and Postharvest Management 1-39.
Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:237-268. Note: lists as Solanum stoloniferum Schltdl. & Bouchet
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. 2000. Species and series boundaries of Solanum series Longipedicellata (Solanaceae) and phenetically similar species in ser. Demissa and ser. Tuberosa: implications for a practical taxonomy of section Petota. Amer. J. Bot. 87:120.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2005. A single domestication for potato based on multilocus amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102:14694-14699.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:285, 293, 307, 308, 318, 320, 322, 323, 324, 325.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Fendler's nighshade			1	Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas	s.w.	Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guanajuato		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tlaxcala		Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.

Native
Northern America

SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas (s.w.)]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Reference(s)

Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:86.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=101233. Accessed 15 April 2026.