Jaltomata  unpublished working name "pequenita"
Peru
 updated 2011
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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Link to the Jaltomata of Ancash, Peru
 Link to table of all known Jaltomata species of northern Peru

Shrub discovered along the road by Segundo Leiva G., Thomas Mione & Leon Yacher, 19 May 2008, in the extreme northern end of Department Ancash, Peru. After finding this species once and taking these photos we searched carefully and thoroughly for 20 minutes and did not find this species again, and so it may be rare.

Figure 1. This Jaltomata species has very small leaves. Orange (ripe) berry behind left edge of flower. Photo by Thomas Mione, Mione et al. 782
Figure 2. Note orange ovarian disk and undehisced anthers. Photo by Segundo Leiva G., Leiva 4434 = Mione 782.
Figure 3. This Jaltomata species has 10 green maculae in the corolla, and a white corolla throat. Orange (ripe) berry behind left edge of flower. Photo by Thomas Mione, Mione et al. 782.
Figure 4. Branches, leaves and ripe (orange) and unripe (green) fruit. Photo by Thomas Mione, Mione et al. 782

 

Collection of Jaltomata "pequenita" showing Geographic and Altitudinal Distribution. Peru, Department Ancash
Province Locality elevation habitat date collectors
data entry
Pallasca Road from Pampas to Loma Blanca.
08 10' 48.0" S, 77 53' 14.1" W
3,351 m
roadside
19 May 2008

Mione, S. Leiva G. & L Yacher 782
S. Leiva G et al. 4434 (HAO)
Aug 2011

 

Figure 5. Flower in side view. Photo by Thomas Mione, Mione et al. 782
Figure 6. Department of Ancash, Peru, extreme northern end of the department. We parked here for a photo and discovered the species shown on this web page. In this photo I believe we are looking at the town of Pampas. Photo by Thomas Mione.
I would like to thank this grandmother and grandchild for sharing their photogenic faces with the world when the allowed me to take this picture. Ancash Peru, town of Pampas. Photo by Thomas Mione
Leon Yacher driving the field vehicle we borrowed from UPAO, town of Pampas. Photo by Thomas Mione.
Town of Pampas. Photo by Thomas Mione.