Jaltomata mionei S. Leiva & Quipuscoa
Peru
revised Aug 2023
Link to Jaltomata
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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 USA, and
Segundo Leiva G., Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Av. América Sur 3145, Casilla postal 1075, Trujillo, Peru

Arnaldoa 5(2): 179-192. 1998
Link to Jaltomata of La Liberad, Peru
Link to table comparing all Jaltomata species of northern Peru
Link to edible Jaltomata species
Link to local names of Jaltomata species
Figure 1. Anthers do not dehisce simultaneously (Mione et al. 817, photo by Thomas Mione)
Figure 2. Flower on right is older than the flower on the left (Mione et al. 817, photo by Thomas Mione)

Figure 3.

Photo by
Thomas Mione,
in Peru.

 

Character Below: Description of Jaltomata mionei Figures on this page
Habit & Height
Shrub (Leiva 558, 1797)
but in protologue described as herbaceous 		 
Branches, young
    
older
   
Leaves, blade texture & size
   
blade shape including margin    
hairs    
petiole    
Inflorescence
6 - 10 flowers (protologue)  
peduncle & pedicel
    
Calyx when flowering, color & size
    
shape / position during anthesis    
hairs    
at fruit maturity    
Corolla color
    
purple ring yes  
shape and size
 tubular  
lobes / lobules
 10 total lobes plus lobules alternating  
hairs
   
no  
Corona
 no  
Stamen length including anther
    
length stamens exserted beyond distal end of corolla (applicable if corolla is tubular or campanulate)    
position of stamens: a) before anthers dehisce, b) after anthers dehisce    
base expanded laterally?    
filaments purple  
anther color whitish  
anther size    
anther mucronate/mucronulate    
insertion of filament into anther    
anthers of a flower open simultaneously? no Figure 1
pollen quantity per flower 119,000 one flower of Mione 817 collected in Peru (not grown for study); count by Emmett P. Varricchio
pollen grain size diameter (polar view): mean 28.65,
range 27.5 - 30 micrometers
n = 50 grains, stained in cotton blue in lactophenol,
anthers stored in 70% ethanol prior, Mione et al 537, flower collected in wild
Gynoecium, stigma
    
Style
   
Ovary & Ovarian Disk    
Ovules per ovary
78 one flower of Mione 817 collected in Peru (not grown for study); count by T. M.
Nectar
    
Herkogamy    
Protogyny    
Fruit color (at maturity) and size
   
Seeds per fruit
    
Seed Size
    
Chromosome number
    
Growability in Connecticut, USA
    
How long does it take from flower to ripe fruit?
   
Self-Compatible?
    
Seed Germination
   
Ratio of pollen to ovules
 1,526 (119,000 / 78 ovules) one flower of Mione 817 collected in Peru
(not grown for study)
Character Above: Description of Jaltomata mionei Figures on this web page

 


Collections of Jaltomata mionei including Geographic Distribution and Altitudes,
all were collected in Peru, Department La Libertad, province Otuzco (chronological order)
Locality

elev

m

 habitat date collector listed in protologue Listed in Leiva's Master's Thesis (1998) Data Entry
Abajo de San Andrés de Cárcel (camino al Salpo) 2,560 base de roca, tierra húmeda y rodeada de artubustos 10 June 1992 S. Leiva & P. Leiva 558 (HAO) no yes
May 2009
Arriba de Piedra Gorda (ruta a Samne) 2,600 borde de carretera entre arbustos 27 May 1993 S. Leiva et al. 758 (HAO) yes yes
May 2009
Abajo de Piedra Gorda (Ruta a Samne) 2,550 ladera 27 May 1993 S. Leiva G. et al. 762 (F, HAO) yes no
May 2009
Abajo de Piedra Gorda (Ruta a Samne) 2,550 ladera 27 May 1993 S. Leiva G. et al. 763 (F, HAO) yes no
May 2009
Abajo de Piedra Gorda (Ruta Salpo - Samne) 2,700 borde de camino 16 June 1993 S. Leiva G. 825 (HAO, US) yes yes
May 2009
Abajo de Piedra Gorda (Ruta Salpo-Samne) 2,680 borde de camino 13 Mar 1995 S. Leiva G. 1691 (HAO) no yes
May 2009
La Cuesta - El Choloque 1,920 ladera de arbustos 18 Feb 1996 S. Leiva & G. Salinas 1797 (F, HAO) yes no
May 2009
ruta La Cuesta -Nambuque 2,200 borde de camino 19 Feb 1996 S. Leiva & P. Lezama 1806 (F, HAO) yes no
May 2009
alrededores de Nambuque (arriba de La Cuesta) 2,380 borde de chacra 19 Feb 1996 S. Leiva & G. Salinas 1809 (HAO) no no
May 2009
catarata Sanchique (Samne-Otuzco) 2,900   29 May 1996 S. Leiva & P. Lezama 1838 (herbarium specimen not seen by T. M.) yes no
Oct 2018
desvio de Otuzco 2,460 borde de carretera 17 May 1998 S. Leiva G. & V. Quipuscoa S. 2187 (F, HAO, US) no no
May 2009
In valley below the big waterfall above town of Yamobamba,
7.98 W, 78.51 S 		2,539 near stream under trees 18 Mar 1999 D. M. Spooner et al. 7315b (NY, WIS) not applicable because collected after not applicable because collected after
May 2009
Julcan. growing ca. 1 km NE of Canduall, 78.5 W, 8.1 S 3,145 in clay and sandy soil near pea field 25 Mar 1999 D. M. Spooner et al. 7332a (WIS) not applicable because collected after not applicable because collected after
Nov 2018
entre Samne y Otuzco 7 56 17 S, 78 35 42 W 2,340 11 Jun 1999 Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2333; Mione, Leiva & Yacher 637 not applicable because collected after not applicable because collected after
Feb 2007
parked at town of La Cuesta: 7 55 07 S, 78 42 22 W, and walked 2,240 Jun 1999 Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2385; Mione, Leiva & Yacher 683 not applicable because collected after not applicable because collected after
Feb 2007
quick stop when we were delayed by road contstruction; photos and DNA only, not pressed not recorded roadside (full sun) 23 Mar 2013 Mione, Leiva & Yacher 817 not applicable because collected after not applicable because collected after
May 2013

 

Flowering in Feb, March, May, June.

Figure 4. An out-of-focus ovarian disk, orange, is at the bottom of this photo. One can see the ovarian disk after the corolla-androecium abscises (Mione et al. 817, photo by Thomas Mione)
Figure 5. The hairs (trichomes) of the filaments are unpigmented while the filament is pigmented purple. The stigma is green while the style to which it is attached is whitish (Mione et al. 817, photo by Thomas Mione)
Figure 6. The stigma is green and located centrally between the dehisced anthers (Mione et al. 817, photo by Thomas Mione)

Figure 6.

Jaltomata mionei

 

Ovary dissected open to show annual disk around base of ovary and ovules.

On the (out of focus) metric ruler at base it is 1 mm from vertical black line to vertical black line.

Flower had been stored in 70% ethanol for months prior to dissection.

 

Mione et al. 817