Pepino

Solanum muricatum
	Plant with flowers and ripening fruit
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Plantae
(tanpa takson):	Angiosperms
(tanpa takson):	Eudicots
(tanpa takson):	Asterids
Ordo:	Solanales
Famili:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Spesies:	S. muricatum
Nama binomial
	Solanum muricatum; Ait.
Sinonim
	See text

Sinonim

S. muricatum dikenal dengan beberapa nama lain secara informal. Sebagian besar nama-nama telah diterapkan untuk tanaman ini secara karakteristik, tapi cukup membingungkan di antaranya:^[1]

Solanum guatemalense Hort.
Solanum hebephorum Dunal
Solanum longifolium Sessé & Moc. (non Dunal: preoccupied)

The S. longifolium of Dunal refers to S. subinerme, while S. longifolium of Pavón Jiménez based on Dunal in de Candolle is S. ensifolium.

Solanum melaniferum Moric. ex Dunal
Solanum pedunculatum Roem. & Schult.
Solanum saccianum Naudin (non Carrière & André: preoccupied)
Solanum saccianum Carrière & André
Solanum scabrum Lam. (non Mill.: preoccupied)

The S. scabrum of Kunth and of Zuccagni are actually S. aethiopicum. The one described by Vahl is S. volubile as described by Swartz. And the S. scabrum of Ruiz & Pavón Jiménez is actually S. saponaceum of Dunal.

Solanum variegatum Ruiz & Pav.
Solanum wallisii Carrière

Selain itu nama untuk beberapa varietas juga ditentukan namun tidak menggambarkan taksonomi tanaman tersebut, di antaranya:^[1]

Solanum muricatum var. dissectum Dunal

Not to be confused with S. dissectum as described by Symon.

Solanum muricatum f. glaberrimum Correll

Not to be confused with S. glaberrimum as described by C.V. Morton.

Solanum muricatum var. papillosistylum Bitter
Solanum muricatum var. parvifolium Kunth

Not to be confused with S. parvifolium as described by Robert Brown

Solanum muricatum var. popayanum Bitter
Solanum muricatum var. praecedens Bitter
Solanum muricatum var. protogenum Bitter
Solanum muricatum var. teleutogenum Bitter

Galeri

Buah pepino matang
Kuntum dan bunga
Buah pepino matang dengan pola garis membujur berwarna ungu
Distal (kiri) dan proksimal
Buah yang dibelah dua (melintang)
Buah yang dibelah dua (membujur)

Catatan kaki

^ ^a ^b Solanaceae Source [2008]

Referensi

Berrin, Katherine & Larco Museum (1997): The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. New York: Thames and Hudson.
Blanca, José M.; Prohens, Jaime; Anderson, Gregory J.; Zuriaga, Elena; Cañizares, Joaquín & Nuez, Fernando (2007): AFLP and DNA sequence variation in an Andean domesticate, pepino (Solanum muricatum, Solanaceae): implications for evolution and domestication. Am. J. Bot. 94(7): 1219-1229. PDF fulltext
California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. (CRFG) (1996): Pepino Dulce. Version of 1996. Retrieved 2008-SEP-27.
Popenoe, Hugh (ed.) (1989): Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation. National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-04264-X
Solanaceae Source [2008]: Solanum muricatum. Retrieved 2008-SEP-27.

Pranala luar

[ss2008-1] Solanaceae Source [2008]

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