Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Solanum galapagense
Tomatillo, Galapagos tomato
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Species
galapagense
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn: Solanum cheesmaniae f. minor (2022) Unresolved nomenclature as of 17-Jun-2011 fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Darwin, S. Knapp, S. & Peralta, I.E. (2003) Taxonomy of tomatoes in the Galapagos islands: native and introduced species of Solanum section Lycopersicon (Solanaceae). Systematics & Biodiversity 1: 29-53.
- Rick, C.M. (1967) Fruit and pedicel characters derived from Galápagos tomatoes Economic Botany, 21(2): 171-184.
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Valencia, R. Pitman, N., León-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (2000) Libro Rojo de las Plantas Endémicas del Ecuador. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Ecuador 2000 i–iv, 1–489.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Solanum galapagense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15203. Accessed 1 November 2026.