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Title: Solanum section Petota

Author
item CLAUSEN, ANDREA - Instituto Nacional Tecnologia Agropecuaria
item PERALTA, IRIS - University Of Cuyo
item Spooner, David

Submitted to: Flora Argentina
Publication Type: Monograph
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/10/2013
Publication Date: 12/1/2013
Citation: Clausen, A., Peralta, I., Spooner, D.M. 2013. Solanum section Petota. In: Zuloaga, F.O., Belgrano, M.J., Anton, A.M.R., editors. Flora Argentina. 13:264-289.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Solanum section Petota includes the cultivated potato and its approximately 110 wild species relatives. This monographic treatment covers the 18 wild potato species that occur in Argentina. It includes keys to these 18 species, full synonymies with lectotypifications when necessary, descriptions, statements of habitats, distributions, and illustrations of all of the species. It is included in Volume 13 of that cover all species of the Solanaceae family for Argentina, treating 35 genera.