The Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Bolivia

revised 28 July 2015  
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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

 
J. herrerae
J. sinuosa
J. auriculata
J. repandidentata
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
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