Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Solanum galapagense S.C. Darwin & Peralta

Tomatillo, Galapagos tomato

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Taxonomy

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

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • Rick, C.M. (1967) Fruit and pedicel characters derived from Galápagos tomatoes Economic Botany, 21(2): 171-184.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Solanum galapagense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15203. Accessed 14 December 2024.