Jaltomata guillermo-guerrae Mione & S. Leiva
Link to Jaltomata of La Libertad, Peru
Link to Jaltomata hompage
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.

Link to table of Jaltomata
 having red nectar

 

named to honor Doctor Guillermo Guerra Cruz, Rector de la Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego de Trujillo, Peru

northern Peru, Department La Libertad, province Santiago de Chuco, 3,500 meters above sea level.

Plants (shrubs) grow to 1.2 m high and produce orange berries that look like small tomatoes

Above: note the red nectar in the flower.

Diagonally above right: habitat; note the vehicle at the right for size scale. I was standing at or near the plant when I took this photo.

At right: flower from side view.

photos by T. Mione: T. Mione, S. Leiva G. and L. Yacher 713.

Geographic and Altitudinal Range, and Specimens Studied: all specimens are from Peru, Department La Libertad, province Santiago de Chuco, Las Gordas:

Locality
elevation
habitat
 date
collector
Data Entry
Las Gordas
3490 m
rocky treeless hillside
12 June 1999
S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 2336 (HOLOTYPE: HAO)
Nov 2008
7 59 36" S,
78 22' 37" W
3581 m
rocky treeless hillside
12 June 1999
 Mione, S. Leiva & L. Yacher 642 (not yet deposited) Nov 2008
Las Gordas
3450 m
rocky treeless hillside
14 June 1999
S. Leiva, Mione & Yacher 2348 (HAO)
Nov 2008
several min walk upslope from road: 7 59 34" S,
78 22' 34" W
3549 m
along bottom of rocky cliff
9 June 2005
T. Mione, S. Leiva & L. Yacher 713 (not yet deposited)
Nov 2008
Las Gordas
3560 m
 
8 May 2008
S. Leiva 4447 (HAO) [not seen by Mione, data provided by S.L.G.]
Nov 2008

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