The Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Bolivia |
revised 28 July 2015 |
Link to Jaltomata home page |
The information on this page may be cited as a communication with professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06050-4010 |
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Flower | ||||
Habit | shrub |
shrub |
herbaceous |
herbaceous |
nectar | red |
clear |
clear |
clear |
fruit color | orange |
orange |
red |
black/dark purple |
fruits eaten by people in Bolivia? | yes (Mione 1999) |
no data |
yes, according to at least one person I talked with in Bolivia. I have not yet checked the specimen labels. | |
source | Only one herbarium specimen of this species was collected in Bolivia, all others were collected in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. | |||
photo | by T. Mione |
by T. Mione |
Plowman & Davis 4449 (Ecuador) grown in Connecticut as Mione 450, by T. Mione | by T. Mione |
Was a living specimen that was collected in Bolivia studied? | Yes |
yes, Michael Nee et al. 51826 and Lynn Bohs 01-58 was grown for study as Mione 702 | No, the presence of this species in Bolivia is known only from one herbarium specimen Krukoff 10381 (MO, US) | Yes |
Key to the Jaltomata species of Bolivia
1. Shrub, fruits orange . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. Herbaceous, fruits red or black/purple . . . . . . . 3
2. Corolla purple to blueish, leaves and axes densely hairy with sticky-gland-tipped hairs, J. sinuosa (J. glandulosa, J. vestita).
2. Corolla green . . . . . . . . . . . J. herrerae
3. Corolla white, filaments straight, anthers of a flower the same size, style straight, berries red, J. auriculata
4. Corolla greenish to pale-green or whitish, filaments curved to sigmoid, anthers of a flower vary in size (most evident during the first day the flower is open when anthers remain undehisced), style curved, berries black/purple, J. repandidentata
Link to Jaltomata home page |
The information on this page may be cited as a communication with professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06050-4010 |
Literature Cited |