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Solanum lycopersicum

Garden Tomato

GNRUnranked Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.150996

Element CodePDSOL0H010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderSolanales

FamilySolanaceae

GenusSolanum

Synonyms

Lycopersicon esculentumP. Mill.Lycopersicum esculentumMill.

Other Common Names

Tomate (FR) Tomate (ES) Tomato (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

The name Lycopersicon esculentum is nomenclaturally conserved for this plant, over the name Lycopersicon lycopersicum (and spelling variants thereof), ICBN, Tokyo, 1994, p. 329. LEM 18Jan95. (ICBN, St. Louis (2000), p. 389.)

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Virginia	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Arizona	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Nevada	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
North Dakota	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Alaska	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
Saskatchewan	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (5)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cajon	San Bernardino National Forest	7,548

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Absaroka	Custer National Forest	21,063

Utah (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mt. Logan South	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	17,014
Mt. Logan West	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	5,285

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Southern Massanutten	George Washington National Forest	11,985

References (2)

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.