Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Lycopersicon cheesmaniae var. minor (Hook. f.) Porter; Syn.: Solanum cheesmaniae f. cheesmaniae (Riley) Fosberg (POWO, 2022); Syn.: Lycopersicon cheesmaniae Riley, L. cheesmaniae var. minor (Hook. f.) Porter, L. esculentum var. minor Hook. f., L. peruvianum var. parviflorum Hook. f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Hooker (1847) as Lycopersicon peruanum var. aparviflorum, Stewart (1911) as Lycopersicum exculentum var. minor. This species, as reported by Wiggins & Porter (1971), most likely also refers to Lycopersicum esculentum sensu Andersson (1855).

Origin: Endemic

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