Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Department La Libertad, Peru |
revised September 2017 |
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 USA, and Segundo Leiva G., Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Av. América Sur 3145, Casilla postal 1075, Trujillo, Peru |
Link to Jaltomata homepage |
Link to table of Jaltomata species of Cajamarca, Peru. |
Link to table of Jaltomata species of northern Peru | Link to article about the Jaltomata of Department La Libertad, Peru. |
A species distribution map (department La Libertad) is shown lower on this page.
Flower | species Mione # |
Distribution Altitude |
Hairs | Fl Per Inflor | Corolla form Corolla size (mm) |
Corolla color Nectar Color |
Corolla: Ring of green maculate? |
Corolla lobules | Anther Size |
Endemic to La Libertad? | |||
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J. calliantha
|
Peru, Departments La Libertad and Ancash 1420 - 2,100 m |
leaves glabrous |
1 |
campanulate; |
No |
Cor green Nectar red |
Yes, at base of corolla |
No |
4
mm long X 3.2 mm wide |
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no |
1 |
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Peru, La Libertad, province 3200 - 3475 m |
leaves: hairs all or predominatnly dendritic |
1 - 3 (-4) |
campanulate; 3.2 cm across X 1.1 cm deep |
yes, evident in photo |
Cor green Nectar red |
No |
essentially lacking (see photos) |
3.04 - 3.24 mm |
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yes | 2 | |
J. grandibaccata, J. guillermo-guerrae |
Peru, Dept La Libetad |
maure leaves glabrous |
1 - 2 |
campanulate; 3.8 cm across X 2 cm deep |
yes, evident to some extent in photo at left |
Cor green Nectar red |
No |
Lobules present, (evident in photo) |
3.15 mm |
yes | 3 | ||
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Peru, La Libertad 2900 - 3755 m |
glabrate |
1 - 2 (-4) |
urceolate, limb revolute; 12-14.5 broad X 8-10 long (=deep) |
yes |
whitish to pale yellow |
No |
Lobules present, (evident in photo) |
2.6 - 3 mm (cultivated in Connecticut, fresh not pickled) |
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yes | 4 | |
J. sanchez-vegae
|
Peru, Departments Cajamarca and
|
gland-tipped finger hairs |
1 - 2 |
urceolate-tubular with a recurved limb 11 across at base, the limb 17 mm broad X 12 long (=deep) |
yes |
green with a purple base nectar clear in Peru, turning orange* on cultivated plants in Connecticut |
No |
Lobules present, (evident in photo), triangular, slightly longer than wide or as long as wide. |
anthers (undehisced pickled in CT or Peru) |
5 | |||
Flower | species Mione # |
Distribution
|
Hairs | Fl Per Inflor | Corolla form Corolla size (mm) |
Radial |
Corolla color
Nectar Color |
Corolla: Ring of green maculate? |
Corolla lobules | Anther Size mm |
Endemic to La Libertad? | ||
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shrub 1-2 (-4) |
Peru, La Libertad, province Otuzco |
leaves pubescent (evident in photos posted on this species' homepage) |
6 - 12 (-18) |
urceolate 1 cm long (to 1.3 cm long pressed incl lobes) |
No |
purple nectar color: no data |
No |
Lobules present, (evident in photo) |
2.3 - 2.45 mm long X 1.85 - 1.9 mm wide, not mucronate, not mucronulate |
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yes | 6 |
Shrub |
Peru, Departments La Libertad and Ancash | 5 | short-tubular with rotate limb | No | nectar clear | yes, evident in photo | yes, evident in photo at right | no | 7 | ||||
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Shrub |
Peru: Departments La Libertad and Ancash
|
12 | nectar clear | yes, evident in photo | yes, evident in photo | ![]() |
8 | |||||
Shrub to 60 cm
|
Peru: La Libertad, Cajamarca 2,963 - 3,750 m |
glabrous | 2 - 4 | crateriform
|
no | white nectar clear |
no | no | no |
9 | |||
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shrub to 60 cm |
Peru, Departments Cajamarca & La Libertad 2000 - 2700 m |
young axes densely pubescent, all the hairs gland-tipped | 2 - 4 | crateriform- infundibular | no | white
nectar clear |
no | yes, evident in photo | calyx hairless, mature fruits green | no |
10 | |
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shrub 50 cm high Mione 650 |
Peru: Dept La Libertad, prov Santiago de Chuco 2640 m |
dense covering of gland-tipped finger hairs of varying lengths | 2 (- 4) | rotate, but in the wild flowers approached a condition we could call short-tubular | no | white nectar clear |
yes | yes, evident in photo | 1.75-2 undehisced | ![]() |
yes |
see footnote ** |
shrub |
widespread in the Andes | dense covering of gland-tipped finger hairs of varying lengths | no | nectar clear | yes | yes, evident in photo | ![]() |
no | 11 | ||||
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J. nigricolor |
Peru: Dept La Libertad, prov Patáz 3360 to 3475 m |
dense covering of gland-tipped sticky finger hairs | 1 (sometimes also a small bud) | rotate, but some of the flowers are very short-tubular |
no | white nectar clear |
yes, evident in photo | yes, evident in photo | 1.74 |
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yes |
12 |
Flower | species Mione # |
Distribution
|
Hairs | Fl Per Inflor | Corolla form
|
Radial corolla thickenings? |
Corolla color Nectar Color |
Corolla: Ring of green maculate? |
Corolla lobules? | Anther Length mm |
Endemic to La Libertad? | ||
J. aricapampae | 13 | ||||||||||||
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shrub to 80 cm high
|
Peru, La Libertad, province Trujillo, endemic to one small sea-side mountain 660 - 780 m |
6 (-8) | nectar clear | yes, evident in photo | Leaves Deciduous! | yes |
14 | |||||
J. cajamarca | Peru, mostly dept Cajamarca, one specimen from this dept | short-tubular | No | pale purple to nearly white nectar clear |
No | yes, evident in photo | no |
15 | |||||
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Peru, La Libertad | 6 - 10 | short-tubular | No | nectar clear | Yes | yes |
16 | ||||
J. pauciseminata Leiva 5418 = Mione 824 Shrub to 1 m |
Peru, La Libertad, prov Santiago de Chuco, Cachicadán | 5 | No | nectar clear | yes, evident in photo | leaves, including petiole, no longer than 4.5 cm | yes |
17 |
* corolla transparent, so nectar can be seen through corolla wall
** Leiva 2345 = Mione 650, looks like J. sinuosa morphologically, but in the Miller et al. phylogeny this accession, "J. libertadii" unpublished, did not group with other collections of J. sinuosa.
Lobules - lobules, when present, alternate with corolla lobes. In the photos above lobules are clearly evident in J. nigricolor. To check for the presence or absence of lobules flowers that were stored in 70% ethanol (when collected), and photos of flowers, were used.
"tablachaca" includes the type specimen of Hebecladus weberbaueri Bitter (not H. weberbaueri Dammer)
The first species in the table (J. calliantha) differs from all others in the department by having herbaceous above-ground parts, pale-green mature fruits, a style tapering to a point (proximal to distal), and a corona (this holds the nectar around the ovary). This species is visited by hummingbirds.
The following species distribution map was made by and generously provided by Samantha Serazo, 2011. In the legend of the following map: 1) "J. tablachaca" is now known as J. angasmarcae, 2) J. calliantha should no longer be in quotes because the name has been published, 3) Mione regards J. grandibaccata and J. guillermo-guerrae to be conspecific.
Literature Cited
Description of the genus Jaltomata
Acknowledgements: T. Mione thanks Segundo Leiva G. and Leon Yacher for their collaboration. I thank David Spooner for sending me his specimens. Samantha Serazo generously provided the distribution map. Gregory J. Anderson and Gabriel Bernardello provided an environment conducive to the birth of this project.