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In message , Nick Maclaren
writes In article , "Les Hemmings" writes: | | I enjoy learning the names, what they mean and getting my tongue |round them. | It adds some depth to the hobby. Many interesting links crop up that may | suprise too. The genus Solanum is one... | | Solanum tuberosum - Potato | " capsicum - Chilli | " lycopersicum -Tomato | " melongena - Aubergine Well, that's one classification. In others, chillis and tomatoes are in separate species. And there is considerable debate over exactly how chillis should be classified (as there is with squashes). DNA data has tomato deep within Solanum - in fact as closer to potatoes that are many other unquestioned species of Solanum - which is why the botanists have moved tomatoes back into Solanum. However, Solanum capsicum isn't chilli; it's Jerusalem Cherry. Chillis are Capsicum species, and belong to the same group of Solanaceae as Solanum, but within any concept of Solanum with any degree of acceptance. If you take the classifications as any more than a convenience, you will assuredly go mad. There ARE important scientific reasons to prefer one classification over another, but they are largely irrelevant to anyone except the more academic botanists. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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