''Solanum verrucosum'' is a species of
wild potato Wild potato may refer to:
* Several species belonging to the genus ''Solanum'' section '' Petota'', such as '' Solanum jamesii'', '' Solanum berthaultii'', etc.
* '' Thladiantha dubia'' (not related to potato)
* ''Hedysarum alpinum'', a species of f ...
in the family
Solanaceae
Solanaceae (), commonly known as the nightshades, is a family of flowering plants in the order Solanales. It contains approximately 2,700 species, several of which are used as agricultural crops, medicinal plants, and ornamental plants. Many me ...
, native to Mexico.
It is typically found in
cloud forests
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest, is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud cover, ...
at above sea level. Its tubers are small and late to develop, but said to be quite tasty.
A
diploid
Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...
, it is being extensively studied for its resistance to ''
Phytophthora infestans
''Phytophthora infestans'' is an oomycete or Oomycete, water mold, a fungus-like microorganism that causes the serious potato and tomato disease known as late blight or potato blight. Early blight, caused by ''Alternaria solani'', is also often c ...
'' (the cause of late potato blight), and
Potato leafroll virus, in an effort to improve the domestic potato ''
Solanum tuberosum
The potato () is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'', a perennial in the nightshade famil ...
''.
References
verrucosum
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Central Mexico
Flora of Veracruz
Flora of Southwestern Mexico
Plants described in 1840
Taxa named by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal
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