What are potatoes related to?

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Created: 2022-06-25 12:09:10

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Potatoes belong to the nightshade family (Solanaceace), which also includes many other important crops like peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, eggplant, tobacco, and more. Critical to the world's food supply, potatoes are the fourth most farmed crop. Potatoes are only distantly related to sweet potatoes.

What food family are potatoes in?

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Are tomatoes and potatoes in the same family?

Potatoes belong to a small family, the Nightshade or Solanaceous family. The other members are tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. Potatoes resemble tomatoes more than the other family members. Potatoes and tomatoes can share diseases, like this year's large problem with late blight.

Are potatoes in the vegetable family?

The potato is a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. ... PotatoClade:EudicotsClade:AsteridsOrder:SolanalesFamily:Solanaceae

What is the wild ancestor of a potato?

The story of potato started around 350 million years ago, when they started to evolve from the poisonous ancestor of the plant nightshade (this family of plants eventually evolved not only into potatoes, but also into tobacco, chili peppers, bell peppers and tomatoes).

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