Species Lycopersicon lycopersicum
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There aren’t any identifications of Lycopersicon lycopersicum.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Lycopersicon:
Gk. lukos = a wolf; persikon = a peach. Originally the name of an Egyptian plant, the word was later re-used for the tomato. Georg Christian Wittstein suggests that the significance is that a ‘wolf’s peach’ is a conspicuous fruit that looks better than it tastes.
Scientific name:
Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) H. Karst.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Scientific name status:
Protologue:
Deut. Fl. (Karsten) 966 (1882)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1882
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Lycopersicon lycopersicum.
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