The Potato's Mysterious Family Tree Revealed–and It Includes Tomatoes

Original article: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)00736-6

That surprise connection makes me think of how there are several common vegetables which look rather different, but are all a species of Brassica Oleracea, warped into different cultivars. (Cabbage, Broccoli, Kale, Brussel Sprouts, etc.)

https://www.businessinsider.com/brassica-oleracea-broccoli-k...

That said, the trippy fractals of Romanesco look the best.

the big difference being, those cultivars are (IIUC) all human created, while this was a long-time-ago evolutionary event.

hasn't this been known for a long time?