Biology:Solanum pennellii
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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Solanum
| Solanum pennellii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. pennellii
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum pennellii Correll
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lycopersicon pennellii (Correll) D'Arcy | |
Solanum pennellii (syn. Lycopersicon pennellii) is a species of wild tomato in the family Solanaceae. It is native to the Galápagos Islands, Peru, and northern Chile.[1] It is being extensively studied for its drought resistance and other traits in an effort to improve the cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum.[2]
Subtaxa
The following varieties are accepted:[1]
- Solanum pennellii var. elachistus Martic. & Quezada – Tarapacá Region, Chile
- Solanum pennellii var. pennellii
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Solanum pennellii Correll". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:239475-2.
- ↑ Bolger, Anthony et al. (2014). "The genome of the stress-tolerant wild tomato species Solanum pennellii". Nature Genetics 46 (9): 1034–1038. doi:10.1038/ng.3046. PMID 25064008.
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