Tomato

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Tomato
Bright red tomato and cross section02.jpg
Cross-section and full view of a hothouse (greenhouse-grown) tomato
Scientific classification
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S. lycopersicum
Binomial name
Solanum lycopersicum
Synonyms

Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) H. Karst.
Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.[1]

References

  1. "Phylogeny". Molecular phylogenetic analyses have established that the formerly segregate genera Lycopersicon, Cyphomandra, Normania, and Triguera are nested within Solanum, and all species of these four genera have been transferred to Solanum

Acknowledgements

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