Taxon:  Solanum bulbocastanum Dunal



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
310913
Place of publication:
J. L. M. Poiret, Encycl. suppl. 3:749.  1814
Comment:
authorship verified from original literature, where both the name and its validating diagnosis are ascribed to Dunal (Shenzhen ICN Art. 46.2)
Verified:
11/21/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
99 (59  active, 58  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 76.
  3. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  4. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Spooner, D. M. & R. J. Hijmans. 2001. Potato systematics and germplasm collecting, 1989-2000. Amer. J. Potato Res. 78:237-268.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
  12. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes. Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:283-383.
  13. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  14. Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
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. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
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. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoHidalgo Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
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. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMorelos Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoTlaxcala Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaBaja Verapaz Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaGuatemala Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaHuehuetenango Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaQuetzaltenango Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaSacatepéquez Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemalaSololá Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Ciudad de México, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala [Baja Verapaz, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Quetzaltenango, Sacatepéquez, Sololá], Honduras

Reference(s)
  1. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2004. Wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota; Solanaceae) of North and Central America. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 68:70.
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=310913. Accessed 14 May 2026.