Taxon:  Solanum megistacrolobum Bitter subsp. toralapanum (Cárdenas & Hawkes) Giannattasio & D. M. Spooner



Summary
Genus:
Solanum
Subgenus:
Potatoe
Section:
Petota
Family:
Solanaceae
Subfamily:
Solanoideae
Tribe:
Solaneae
Nomen number:
403346
Place of publication:
Syst. Bot. 19:112.  1994
Verified:
11/26/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
230 (222  active, 221  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. Giannattasio, R. B. & D. M. Spooner. 1994. A reexamination of species boundaries and hypotheses of hybridization concerning Solanum megistacrolobum and S. toralapanum (Solanum sect. Petota, series Megistacroloba): molecular data. Syst. Bot. 19:112. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  2. Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources 101. Note: = S. toralapanum
  3. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares. Note: = Solanum megistacrolobum
  4. Ochoa, C. M. 1999. Las papas de Sudamerica: Peru (parte 1) 1:338. Note: = Solanum megistacrolobum var. toralapanum
  5. PBI Solanum Project. Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource).
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  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.
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=403346. Accessed 13 May 2026.