Taxon: Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. andigenum (Juz. & Bukasov) Hawkes

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101304

Place of publication:

Proc. Linn. Soc. London 166:130. 1956 "andigena"

Link to protologue:

Comments:

• [or S. tuberosum Andigenum Group]
• transfer & orth. var. (Melbourne ICN Art. 61) of S. andigenum Juz. & Bukasov despite comment in Potato Bol 395. 1989, as Hawkes didn't exclude the basionym (Melbourne ICN Art. 48.1) & adopted its type

Typification:

Name Verified on:

10-abr-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 12-jul-2018

Species priority site is:

Potato Germplasm Introduction Station (NR6)

Accessions:

1160 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

Basionym: Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum andigenum f. guatemalense Bukasov
(=) Solanum apurimacense Vargas
(=) Solanum cardenasii Hawkes
(=) Solanum goniocalyx Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum herrerae Juz.
(=) Solanum hygrothermicum Ochoa
(=) Solanum kesselbrenneri Juz. & Bukasov, nom. nud.
(=) Solanum mamilliferum Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum phureja Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum phureja subsp. estradae (L. E. López) Hawkes
(=) Solanum phureja subsp. hygrothermicum (Ochoa) Hawkes
(=) Solanum phureja subsp. phureja Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum rybinii Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum stenotomum Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum stenotomum subsp. goniocalyx (Juz. & Bukasov) Hawkes
(=) Solanum stenotomum subsp. stenotomum Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum ×chaucha Juz. & Bukasov

Common names:

Andean potato (Source: Bot Rev) - English
limeña potato (Source: BioScience) - English
potato (Source: Bot Rev) - English
yellow potato (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
chaucha (Source: Lost Crops Incas) - Quichua (Peru)
phureja (Source: Lost Crops Incas) - Quichua (Peru)
pitiquiña (Source: Lost Crops Incas) - Quichua (Peru)
andigena (Source: Lost Crops Incas) - Spanish
papa amarilla (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

Human food: vegetable (fide Ochoa 1990 as Solanum × chaucha)
Gene sources: disease resistance for potato (to late blight fide Potato EGR)
Gene sources: pest resistance for potato (fide Potato EGR, as S. phureja)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Northern America

Mexico (post-colonial introduction)

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Guatemala (post-colonial introduction)
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi] Bolivia, [Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosi] Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, [Ayacucho, Cusco, Junin, Puno, San Martin] Peru [Ayacucho, Cusco, Junin, Puno, San Martin]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.w.)

References:

Hawkes, J. G. 1990. The potato: evolution, biodiversity, and genetic resources. 1990 (Potato EGR) 182.
Ochoa, C. M. 1990. The potatoes of South America: Bolivia. 1990 (Potato SAmer Bol) 382.
Ovchinnikova, A. et al. 2011. Taxonomy of cultivated potatoes (Solanum section Petota: Solanaceae) Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 165:125.
Spooner, D. M. et al. 2014. Systematics, diversity, genetics, and evolution of wild and cultivated potatoes Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 80:293, 294, 296, 299, 307, 311, 313.
Vietmeyer, N. D., ed. Lost crops of the Incas. 1989 (Lost Crops Incas)

Check other web resources for Solanum tuberosum L. subsp. andigenum (Juz. & Bukasov) Hawkes :

Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
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=101304. Accessed 7 junio 2026.