Taxon: Solanum ajanhuiri Juz. & Bukasov

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

100451

Place of publication:

Trudy vsecouz. sezda genetike 3:605. 1929

Link to protologue:

Comments:

• [or S. tuberosum Ajanhuiri Group]
• of hybrid origin involving diploid S. tuberosum (S. stenotomum) and S. boliviense (S. megistacrolobum)

Typification:

Name Verified on:

29-nov-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-jul-2018

Species priority site is:

Potato Germplasm Introduction Station (NR6)

Accessions:

76 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

ajanhuiri (Source: Lost Crops Incas) - Quichua (Peru)
janck'o-ajahuiri (Source: Potato SAmer Bol) - Quichua (Peru)
laram-ajahuiri (Source: Potato SAmer Bol) - Quichua (Peru)

Economic Importance:

Human food: starch (source of "chuño" fide B. León, pers. comm.)
Gene sources: potential for cold tolerance in potato (fide Econ Bot. 34:335-343. 1980; Handb Potato 32. 2006, a diploid)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [La Paz, Oruro, Potosi] Peru [Puno]

References:

Huamán, Z. et al. 1980. Solanum ajanhuiri: An important diploid potato cultivated in the Andean altiplano Econ. Bot. 34:335-343.
León, B. 2008. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Ochoa, C. M. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. 1990 (Potato SAmer Bol) 306.
Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989 (Lost Crops Incas)

Check other web resources for Solanum ajanhuiri Juz. & Bukasov :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Solanaceae Source: A global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=100451. Accessed 7 junio 2026.