Lycopersicum

Of the cultivated plants, besides those already mentioned, the tomato (_Lycopersicum_), and various species of _Petunia_ (Fig.  119, _H_), _Solanum_, and

Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell

Belonging to the Solanums the Tomato (_Lycopersicum_) is a plant of Mexican origin.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

The tomato (_Lycopersicum esculentum_) is another plant in which an adventitious series is frequently produced, and generally in combination with the primary series.

Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters

When they reached the fruiting stage they had developed into typical representatives of the _Lycopersicum solanopsis_ or upright division.

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

The "Mikado" race or the _Lycopersicum grandifolium_

Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

In western South America, however, there is found growing a wild plant of Lycopersicum which differs from the other recognized species in being more compact in growth, with fewer branches and larger leaves, and carrying an immense burden of fruit borne in large clusters.

Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato 1883

= -- The author suggests the following classification, differing somewhat from that sometimes given, as he believes that the large, deep-sutured fruit of our cultivated varieties and the distinct pear-shaped sorts come from original species rather than from variations of _Lycopersicum cerasiforme_:

Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato 1883

= Currant tomato, Grape tomato, German or Raisin tomato = (_Lycopersicum pimpinellifolium_, _L. racemiforme_) (Fig. 5).

Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato 1883

Plant Nomenclature • Family Solanaceae (nightshade) Lycopersicum - Genus Capsicum Solanum Solanum escultentum - tomato • species annuum - most peppers tuberosum - potatoes melongena - eggplant - variety or cultivar Brandywine King Arthur, Tiburon Yukon Gold

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The potato (Lycopersicum esculentum) is a member of that great family, the Solanaceae.

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