Jaltomata werffii D'Arcy
updated December 2023
The only species of the genus Jaltomata (Solanaceae) on the Galápagos Islands
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D'Arcy, W. 1982a. Jaltomata werfii (Solanaceae), a new species from the Archipelago de Colon (Galápagos Islands). Phytologia 52: 9-10.
____________. 1982b. Jaltomata werffii: A Correction. Phytologia 52: 230.
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Photos (above) were taken at Sierra Negra, Isabela Island, March 1990.
Tye & Francisco-Ortega (2011) list this species in Table 5.1 of the book "The Biology of Island Floras"
The chapter is:
Origins and evolution of Galapagos endemic vascular plants, pages 89-153,
editors D. Bramwell & J. Caujapé-Castells,
Cambridge University Press
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