sections of the genus Jaltomata |
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 |
Mione
(1992, pages 80 and 100) described sections Jaltomata and Hebecladus. |
| section Jaltomata | section Hebecladus | section Modillonia |
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|---|---|---|---|
| plant habit | mostly herbaceous |
mostly woody |
herbaceous |
| trichomes | simple |
simple and dendritic |
|
| number of flowers per inflorescence | variable, always more than one |
variable |
1 |
| corona | no |
no |
yes |
| corolla shape | rotate |
rotate, broadly infundibular, campanulate, tubular, urceolate and the limb revolute: the full range of corolla shapes of the genus can be seen among the species of this section |
crateriform |
| corolla purple ring | no |
no |
|
| number of corolla lobes plus lobules | lobes 5, lobules 0 or 5 depending on the species |
lobes 5, lobules 0 or 5 depending on the species |
lobes 5, lobules 0 |
| radial thickenings | no |
some species yes, others no |
no |
| nectar | clear and produced in small volume |
either clear and produced in small volume, or red / orange and copious |
red / orange and copious |
| filament insertion | into lower ventral face |
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| stigma | capitate |
capitate |
punctiform |
| fruit color, size | purple/black, small compared to section Modillonia |
orange or red, size varies among species |
two of the three species have whitish fruits, the third has been reported to have both white fruits and orange fruits; large |
| representative species | Link to table of species of this section |
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| Geography | Arizona, USA to Bolivia |
South America, Galápagos Islands, Greater Antilles |
Peru |
| corolla closing for the night? | yes |
some species yes, some species no |
no* |
A table comparing the species of section Modillonia can be seen on the web page of J. quipuscoae.
* To date, two of the three species have been studied and the corolla does not close for the night.