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Description

Solanum limbaniense (limbaniense for the Limbani region of the Sandia province of Peru) is a species with a small distribution in southern Peru, very near to the Bolivian border.  Plants typically about a foot tall.  Tubers small and whitish, reaching a little more than an inch in diameter.  Flowers light to dark purple.  Berries long and conical.

The specific epithet, limbaniense, refers to the Limbani region of the Sandia province of Peru.  While there is no completely standardized pronunciation for scientific names, the most common way to pronounce this species is probably so-LAY-num lim-bah-nee-EN-say.

This species grows up to very high elevations in the Puna, ranging from 9,500 to 12,300 feet (2900 to 3750 m) (Ochoa 2004).

Condition	Type	Level of Resistance	Source

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Cultivation

I have found seeds of this species easy to germinate using the standard conditions for S. tuberosum.  Bamberg (2018) found that alternating temperatures increased germination in this species.

Every flower on every plant formed a berry in 2018.  This species should probably be evaluated for self-compatibility.

Tubers have minimal dormancy, which led Ochoa (2004) to speculate that this species might have been involved in the evolution of S. phureja, but it doesn’t appear that subsequent genetic studies have borne that out.

Breeding

Crosses with S. tuberosum

Female	Male	Berry Set	Seed Set	Ploidy	Germ	Source
S. limbaniense	S. tuberosum 4x	None	None			Jackson (1999)
S. limbaniense	S. tuberosum 2x (as S. goniocalyx, S. phureja, and S. stenotomum)	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. tuberosum 2x (as S. goniocalyx, S. phureja, and S. stenotomum)	S. limbaniense	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. tuberosum 4x	High	None			Ochoa 2004

Crosses with other species

Female	Male	Berry Set	Seed Set	Ploidy	Germ	Source
S. brevicaule (as S. leptophyes)	S. limbaniense	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. candolleanum	S. limbaniense	Moderate	High			Ochoa 2004
S. chomatophilum	S. limbaniense	Moderate	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. immite	S. limbaniense	High	None			Ochoa 2004
S. laxissimum	S. lignicaule	Moderate	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. lignicaule	S. limbaniense	None	None			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. stipuloideum (as S. circaefolium)	High	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. lignicaule	High	None			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. dolichocremastrum	Moderate	None			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. humectophilum	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. immite	High	None			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. chomatophilum	High	Very Low			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. laxissimum	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. rhomboideilanceolatum	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. violaceimarmoratum	High	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. boliviense	Moderate	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. raphanifolium	Moderate	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. candolleanum	Moderate	High			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. brevicaule (as S. leptophyes)	Moderate	Moderate			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. medians 2x	Moderate	Low			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. multiinterruptum	Moderate	None			Ochoa 2004
S. limbaniense	S. chacoense (as S. yungasense)	High	Low			Ochoa 2004
S. multiinterruptum	S. limbaniense	Low	None			Ochoa 2004
S. raphanifolium	S. limbaniense	Low	Low			Ochoa 2004
S. rhomboideilanceolatum	S. limbaniense	High	High			Ochoa 2004
S. stipuloideum (as S. circaefolium)	S. limbaniense	High	None			Ochoa 2004
S. violaceimarmoratum	S. limbaniense	High	High			Ochoa 2004

References

Solanum limbaniense at Solanaceae Source

Solanum limbaniense at GRIN Taxonomy