Taxon: Solanum lycopersicum L.

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Lycopersicon

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

101442

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:185. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

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

Species priority site is:

Northeast Regional PI Station (NE9)

Accessions:

269 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Other conspecific taxa:

Common names:

tomato (Source: World Econ Pl) - English

Economic Importance:

Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2, as Lycopersicon esculentum)
Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2, as Lycopersicon lycopersicum)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

(widely cult.)

Naturalized

(widely natzd.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 (Kingsbury)
Peralta, I. E. et al. 2008. Taxonomy of wild tomatoes and their relatives (Solanum sect. Lycopersicoides, sect. Juglandifolia, sect. Lycopersicon; Solanaceae) Syst. Bot. Monogr. 84:133-141.
Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource). (Malezas Mex)

Check other web resources for Solanum lycopersicum L. :

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=101442. Accessed 7 junio 2026.