Saracha conspersa Miers is a synonym of Jaltomata procumbens |
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Description of the genus Jaltomata |
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, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States of America. |
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| Type specimen (Coulter 1227, K) of Saracha conspersa. Only one open flower can be seen; its style is missing (as shown above) and only two intact stamens can be seen. Anthers (dehisced) are 1.4 mm long. |
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| Type specimen (Coulter 1227, K) of Saracha conspersa. Only one fruit can be seen on the type specimen. |
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| Above. The type specimen of Saracha conspersa Miers (Coulter 1227, K). Smallest units on lower side of ruler are mm |
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| Type specimen (Coulter 1227, K) of Saracha consersa. Peduncle meets pedicels, showing that there are at least 6 flowers per inflorescence including buds, and the pedicels & peduncle are densely pubescent with non-gland-tipped erect finger hairs. |
Saracha conspersa Miers, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2 3: 449. 1849.
Type: MEXICO. HIDALGO, Zimapan, Coulter 1227 (Holotype: K! photos above on this web page).
Morton (1938) treated this binomial as a synonym of Saracha procumbens, now known as Jaltomata procumbens.