Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Lycopersicon esculentum |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Solanaceae |
| Family common name(s) | nightshade; night-shade; night shade; nightshades; potato |
| Genus common name(s) | tomato; wolf-peach; wolf peach |
| Species common name(s) | common tomato; garden tomato; cultivated tomato; common cultivated tomato; common garden tomato; common love-apple; common love apple; esculent love-apple; esculent love apple |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | wild tomato, apple-of-Peru, apple of Peru, love-apple, love apple are applied to multiple Solanaceae taxa; amorous apple, paradise apple, Jerusalem-apple, Jerusalem apple are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): Jew's-ear, Jew's ear |
| | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Solanum lycopersicum L. |
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