Taxon: Solanum tuberosum L.

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Petota

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

103137

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:185. 1753

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

20-may-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 18-may-2017

Species priority site is:

Potato Germplasm Introduction Station (NR6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Solanum ascasabii Hawkes
(=) Solanum boyacense Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum chocclo Bukasov & Lechn., nom. nud.
(=) Solanum coeruleiflorum Hawkes
(=) Solanum estradae L. E. López
(=) Solanum leptostigma Juz. ex Bukasov, nom. nud.
(=) Solanum maglia var. guaytecarum Bitter
(=) Solanum molinae Juz.
(=) Solanum multijugum Bukasov & Bavyko
(=) Solanum tenuifilamentum Juz. & Bukasov
(=) Solanum tuberosum var. guaytecarum (Bitter) Hawkes
(=) Solanum yabari Hawkes

Common names:

potato (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2) - English

Economic Importance:

Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide Cooper & Johnson ed2)

Distributional Range:

Cultivated

Africa

MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands (landraces)]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (landraces)

Northern America

Mexico (landraces)

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America (landraces)
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela (s.w. (landraces))
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia (landraces), Colombia (landraces), Ecuador (landraces), Peru (landraces)
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.w. (landraces)), Chile (landraces)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 (Cooper & Johnson ed2)
Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. (F Korea)
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
PBI Solanum Project Solanaceae source: a global taxonomic resource for the nightshade family (on-line resource). (Solanaceae Source)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Solanum tuberosum L. :

Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
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=103137. Accessed 7 junio 2026.