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- A new species of bush tomato was discovered in Australia recently.
- It is currently found only in one site in world.
- Genus Solanum has around 1,400 accepted species that are distributed across the world.
- The species belonging to this genus are found in all continents except Antarctica.
- It is the most species-rich genus in the Solanaceae family.
- It is among the largest in the angiosperms (flowering plants).
- The genus includes 3 food crops having high economic value.
- These are the potato, tomato and eggplant (brinjal).
- Much of the species belonging to the Solanum are concentrated in circum-Amazonian tropical South America.
- However, its hotspots are also found in Africa and Australia.
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