Solanum pimpinellifolium

Solanum pimpinellifolium
Solanum pimpinellifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Subgenus: Solanum sensu stricto
Species: S. pimpinellifolium
Binomial name
Solanum pimpinellifolium[1]
L., 1755
Synonyms

Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (L.) Mill.
Lycopersicon racemigerum Lange[2]

Solanum pimpinellifolium, commonly known as the Currant Tomato, is a species of nightshade native to Ecuador and Peru but naturalized elsewhere, such as the Galápagos Islands. Its small fruits are edible.

Breeding purposes

It will hybridize with Tomatoes, Solanum lycopersicum.[3] There are annual, biennial, and perennial varieties.[4] Solanum pimpinellifolium is important in tomato breeding.

Its relatedness to tomatoes[5] and ability to freely cross with them has allowed it to be used for the introduction of disease resistance traits in tomato varieties, as well as in the study of the genetic control of tomato traits such as fruit shape and size.[6]


References

  1. ^ http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/4084, Uniprot Taxonomy, Species Solanum pimpinellifolium (Currant tomato) (Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium) , Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  2. ^ "Solanum pimpinellifolium L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-09-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406496. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
  3. ^ http://solgenomics.net/chado/organism.pl?organism_id=770, Sol Genomics, Species: Solanum pimpinellifolium, Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  4. ^ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?spnumber=4614, Natural History Museum, Solanaceae Source, Solanum pimpinellifolium L., Cent. Pl. 1: 8. 1755. Type: Cultivated in Uppsala, Anon. (lectotype, LINN 248.15 [BH neg. 6802], designated by Knapp & Jarvis 1990), Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  5. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15189210, Population structure and phylogeography of Solanum pimpinellifolium inferred from a nuclear gene, Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  6. ^ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/solanaceaesource/taxonomy/description-detail.jsp?spnumber=4614, Natural History Museum, Solanaceae Source, Solanum pimpinellifolium L., Cent. Pl. 1: 8. 1755. Type: Cultivated in Uppsala, Anon. (lectotype, LINN 248.15 [BH neg. 6802], designated by Knapp & Jarvis 1990), Retrieved January 28, 2011.
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