Tomato

Done By: Ciatta Maskevich
 * //__ The Tomato Plant (Solanum lycopersicum) __//**

//These// //pictures were taken in the Ames High Prairie by a student in Mr. Todd's Biology class// ==== General facts about the tomato plant    The tomato is a fruit often mistaken for a vegetable. There are over 4,000 varieties of tomato plant². Its close cousins are tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. It is a perennial often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual. Many believe that the fruit's history lies in South America³. The tomato typically reach 1-3m (3 to 10 feet) in height, with a weak, woody stem that often vines over other plants¹. The tomato plant can be easily grown³, so the fact that it is in a place such as the Ames High Paririe is conceivable. The plant could have found its way there in a number of ways. ====

Scientific Classification¹ • Kingdom: Plantae- the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants. • Subkingdom: tracheobionta- vascular plants that have lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals and photosynthetic to plant **.** • Division: Magnoliophyta- comprising flowering plant that produce seed enclosed in an ovary. • Class: Magnoliophyta- seed plant that produce 1 embryo with paried cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into 6 subclasses • Subclass: Asteridae- a group of mostly sympetalous herbs, some trees and shrubs mostly with two fused carpels • Order: Solanales- the solanales are an order of flowering plants • Family: Solanaceae- the solanaceae is a family of flowering plants, many are edible and others are poisonous ( tomato is both.) • Genus: Solanum- type of genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet.

• Species: S. Lycopersicum - the scientific name of the tomato.
Links. 1. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato 2. Dictionary- all definitions on this page came from dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/ 3. About the history of the tomato http://www.tomato-cages.com/tomato-history.html