Solanum peruvianum

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Solanum}}

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|species=peruvianum

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  • Antimion tomentosum {{small|Raf.}}
  • Lycopersicon commutatum {{small|Roem. & Schult.}}
  • Lycopersicon dentatum {{small|Dunal}}
  • Lycopersicon glandulosum {{small|C.H.Müll.}}
  • Lycopersicon peruvianum {{small|(L.) Mill.}}
  • Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. commutatum {{small|(Roem. & Schult.) Luckwill}}
  • Lycopersicon peruvianum var. dentatum {{small|(Dunal) Dunal}}
  • Lycopersicon peruvianum subsp. typicum {{small|Luckwill}}
  • Lycopersicon regulare {{small|Dunal}}
  • Scubulon incanum {{small|Raf.}}
  • Solanum chrysobotrys {{small|Walp.}}
  • Solanum commutatum {{small|Spreng.}}

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Solanum peruvianum (syn. Lycopersicon peruvianum) is a species of wild tomato in the family Solanaceae. It is native to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Chile, and has been introduced to California.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:285254-2 |title=Solanum peruvianum L. |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=16 November 2021 }} Some authorities consider it to be a member (and namesake) of a species complex, with the other members being Solanum corneliomuelleri, Solanum huaylasense, and Solanum arcanum.{{cite journal |title=Genetic structure of the four wild tomato species in the Solanum peruvianum s.l. species complex |year=2014 |last1=Labate |first1=Joanne A. |last2=Robertson |first2=Larry D. |last3=Strickler |first3=Susan R. |last4=Mueller |first4=Lukas A. |journal=Genome |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=169–180 |doi=10.1139/gen-2014-0003 |pmid=24884691 }}

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