Taxon:  Solanum piurae Bitter



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
101295
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(Beibl. 119):5.  1916
Verified:
11/01/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Ames, M. et al. 2008. A morphometric study of species boundaries of the wild potato Solanum Series Piurana (Solanaceae) and putativelu related species from seven other Series in Solanum Sect. Petota. Syst. Bot. 33:566-578. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606. 157.
  4. Hawkes, J. G. 1963. A revision of the tuber-bearing solanums. II. Rec. Scott. Pl. Breed. Sta. 76-181.
  5. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 123.
  6. Ochoa, C. M. 1962. Los Solanum tuberiferos silvestres del Perú (secc. Tuberarium, sub-secc. Hyperbasarthrum).
  7. Ochoa, C. M. 1999. Las papas de Sudamerica: Peru (parte 1) 1:472.
  8. Sotomayor, D. A. et al. 2023. Collecting wild potato species (Solanum sect. Petota) in Peru to enhance genetic representation and fill gaps in ex situ collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1044718. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1044718. Note: reports three conserved collections of this species considered of high collecting priority
  9. 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.
  10. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:237-268.
  11. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2001. Taxonomy of Mexican and Central American members of Solanum series Conicibaccata (sect. Petota). Syst. Bot. 26:747. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  12. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:292, 320.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Spanish (Peru)papa de zorro  2Ochoa, C. M. 1999. Las papas de Sudamerica: Peru (parte 1) 1:472.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPiura 0
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru [Piura]

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=101295. Accessed 11 May 2026.