Solanum galapagense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Solanoideae
Tribus: Solaneae
Genus: Solanum
Subgenus: S. subg. Potatoe
Sectio: S. sect. Lycopersicon
Species: Solanum galapagense

Name

Solanum galapagense S.C.Darwin & Peralta (2003:45)

• Holotype: Darwin & Schulz 184 (CDS)
  • Isotype: BM (BM000815936)
• Type locality: ECUADOR. Galápagos: Isla Bartolomé, E of the saddle beach, ca. 6 m, 0°17′01″S, 90°33′30″W, 28 Jun 2000.

Synonyms

(After Peralta & al., 2008:146)

Heterotypic

• Lycopersicon esculentum var. minor Hook.f. (1847:202)
• Lycopersicon cheesmaniae f. minor (Hook.f.) C.H.Mull. (1940:21, "cheesmanii")
• Lycopersicon cheesmaniae var. minor (Hook.f.) C.H.Mull. D.M.Porter (1978:58, "cheesmanii")
  • Holotype: Darwin s.n. (CGE)
  • Type location: ECUADOR. Galápagos: James Island [i.e. Isla Santiago], Oct 1835.

References

• Darwin, S.C., Knapp, S. & Peralta, I.E. (2003). (1736) Tomatoes in the Galápagos Islands: morphology of native and introduced species of Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae). Syst. Biodivers. 1(1):29–54. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200003001026.
• Hooker, J.D. (1847). An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago; with Descriptions of those which are new. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(2):163–233. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1846.tb00416.x. BHL.
• Muller, C.H. (1940). A revision of the genus Lycopersicon. Misc. Publ. U.S.D.A. 382. 29pp. gBooks. Reference page. 
• Peralta, I.E., Spooner, D.M. & Knapp, S. 2008. Taxonomy of Wild Tomatoes and Their Relatives (Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandifolia, sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 84: 1–186. ISBN 978-0-912861-84-5. JSTOR . PDF. Reference page. 
• Porter, D. (1978). Nomenclatural Changes in Spilanthes, Lycopersicon, and Opuntia for the Galápagos Islands. Madroño, 25(1):58–59. JSTOR. BHL.

External links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Solanum galapagense in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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