Solanum tuberosum (Russian Potato)

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by Jon Sullivan — fig. a Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 195625149

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by naturewatchwidow — fig. b naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192810993

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by taniaat — fig. c taniaat, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190966535

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by Andra Waagmeester — fig. d Andra Waagmeester, CC0 1.0 / obs. 168654308

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by Tony Wills — fig. e Tony Wills, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165861010

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by David Sandler — fig. f David Sandler, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 133680591

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by Yurii Basov — fig. g Yurii Basov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 125774313

Solanum tuberosum, photographed by John Steel — fig. h John Steel, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 121281877

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Native distribution of Solanum tuberosum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.

Region	TDWG code	Continent
Argentina Northwest	AGW	SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina South	AGS
Bolivia	BOL
Chile Central	CLC
Chile North	CLN
Chile South	CLS
Colombia	CLM
Ecuador	ECU
Peru	PER
Venezuela	VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 825 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

Battata tuberosa Hill
Larnax sylvarum subsp. novogranatensis N.W.Sawyer
Lycopersicon tuberosum (L.) Mill.
Parmentiera edulis Raf.
Parmentiera edulis Raf.
Solanum acutifoliolum Lechn.
Solanum acutifolium Lechn.
Solanum adpressipilosum Lechn.
Solanum alcayimilla Hawkes
Solanum alkkaphinu Ochoa
Solanum alkkapitiquina Ochoa
Solanum ancacc-maquin Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum ancacpomacanchicum Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov
Solanum andigenum Juz. & Bukasov
Solanum andigenum f. acomayoanum Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. alccai-huarmi Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. ancacc-maquin Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. ancacpomacanchicum Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. andigena Juz. & Bukasov
Solanum andigenum f. andigenum
Solanum andigenum f. arcuatum Bukasov & Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. atroviolaceum Lechn.
Solanum andigenum f. basiscopum Bukasov & Lechn.

and 801 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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