Taxon:  Solanum virgultorum (Bitter) Cárdenas & Hawkes



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
419737
Place of publication:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 53:103.  1946
Verified:
11/21/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
607 (567  active, 565  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 174.
  2. Ochoa, C. M. 1990. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia 297. Note: accepted and proposed affinities with Solanum candelarianum (prob. = S. berthaultii)
  3. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  4. 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.
  5. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:237-268.
  6. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:287.
Common names
Distribution

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=419737. Accessed 12 May 2026.