PLANTS Profile for Solanum lycopersicum (garden tomato)

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PLANTS Profile

Solanum lycopersicum L.
garden tomato

Symbol:

SOLY2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I
CAN		W

More Information:

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Solanum lycopersicum L.

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Distribution:
Solanum lycopersicum L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Solanum lycopersicum L.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 104 species in Solanum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme (Dunal) Spooner, G.J. Anderson & R.K. Jansen. .

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
garden tomato

Distribution of Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum. . Image Available.

Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum
garden tomato

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Solanum lycopersicum L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Solanum L. – nightshade
Species	Solanum lycopersicum L. – garden tomato

Introduced Information:
Solanum lycopersicum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Solanum lycopersicum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 521671.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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Solanum lycopersicum L.

Encyclopedia of Life Species Abstract

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 06:55 AM CDT