Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum laxissimum is a Peruvian species growing in eastern Andean forests. Plants three to twelve feet tall and perhaps as much as 16 feet according to Correll (1962). […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum kurtzianum (kurtzianum, in honor of German botanist Fritz Kurtz) is a wild potato species from Argentina. The specific epithet, kurtzianum, honors German botanist Fritz Kurtz. While there […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum juzepczukii is perhaps better included among the cultivated species than the wild, but as a wild species hybrid, the dividing line isn’t entirely clear. This species is […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum infundibuliforme is a high altitude species, growing natively in dry regions with almost year-round frost exposure, similar to S. acaule. Small plants, about 4 to 10 inches […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum immite (immite means rough) is a Peruvian species. Plants reach a foot tall or a little more. White flowers. The specific epithet, immite, means “mixed,” but I […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum hypacrarthrum is a Peruvian species. Plants reach a little more than a foot tall. White tubers. Flowers are white, occasionally white with light blue, rarely entirely blue. […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Based on the published descriptions of this species, it seems that I might have a mismatch here. I have gone back to the original genebank accession and confirmed […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum garcia-barrigae is a species from northern Colombia. Tubers small and whitish. The specific epithet, garcia-barrigae, honors Colombian botanist Hernando Garcia-Barriga. While there is no completely standardized pronunciation […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum gandarillasii is a Bolivian species, growing in dry environments. Plants about six inches tall, occasionally up to a foot. Stolons about a foot long. Tubers very small, […]
Return to Wild Potato Index Purchase seeds or tubers of Common Names Code Synonyms Clade Series Ploidy EBN Tuberization Photoperiod Self-compatibility Nuclear Genome Cytoplasmic Genome Citation Description Solanum flahaultii is a Colombian species, possibly reaching slightly into Venezuela. Plants reach about 18 inches tall. Flowers purple or violet. Conical berries. Tubers small and whitish. […]