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The occurrence of natural triploid hybrids between tetraploid Solanum acauleBitter subsp. acaule and diploid S. infundibuliformePhilippi both tuber-bearing Solanums, in the Puna region of Jujuy, is reported. The natural hybrids, which are morphologically intermediate between their putative parents and completely male sterile, have a somatic chromosome number of 36. The artificial hybrids, obtained by crossing both parental species, closely resemble the natural ones thereby confirming their parentage. It is proposed to designate the natural hybrids Solanum x viirsooi hybr. nov.
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Okada, K.A., Clausen, A.M. Natural triploid hybrids between Solanum acauleBitter and S. infundibuliformePhilippi in the province of Jujuy, Argentina. Euphytica 34, 219–231 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022884
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