Solanum tuberosum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 185. 1753.

"Habitat in Peru." RCN: 1467.

Lectotype (Hawkes in Proc. Linn. Soc. London 166: 106. 1956): Herb. Linn. No. 248.12 (LINN) .

Current name: Solanum tuberosum L. ( Solanaceae).

Note: See review by Knapp & Jarvis (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 104: 358, f. 25. 1990).