Taxon:  Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
311306
Place of publication:
J. Hort. Soc. London 3:70.  1848
Verified:
11/30/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
37 (10  active, 9  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. subsp. cardiophyllum
Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. var. cardiophyllum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. subsp. lanceolatum Bitter
Solanum cardiophyllum Lindl. var. endoiodandrum Bitter
Solanum coyoacanum Bukasov ex Rybin
Solanum lanciforme Rydb.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  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.
  4. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 79.
  5. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  6. Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 110.
  7. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. 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. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  10. 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.
  11. 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. Note: diploid & 1EBN and triploid populations
  12. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:237-268.
  13. 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.
  14. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
  15. USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishheart-leaf nightshade  1USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
Spanish (Mexico)papas de monte  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 110.
Spanish (Mexico)papitas güeras  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 110.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoAguascalientes 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.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCiudad de México Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTlaxcala Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Zacatecas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Ciudad de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala]

Reference(s)
  1. 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.
  2. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:75.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Human foodvegetable Correll, D. S. 1962. The potato and its wild relatives. Contr. Texas Res. Found., Bot. Stud. 4:1-606.
Weed  USDA/ARS. INVADERS database system. The University of Montana (on-line resource).
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=311306. Accessed 15 April 2026.