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the scientific name for potatoes, Solanum tuberosum L. The L indicates the following:
a) The country of origin of the crop
b) the economic importance of the crop in the world
c) the family to which the crop belongs
d) the person who described and named the plants
e) all of the above
f) none of the above

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The "L" in the scientific name Solanum tuberosum L. indicates:

d) the person who described and named the plants

Specifically, "L" refers to Carl Linnaeus, the botanist who formally described the species.