A new Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of department Cajamarca, Peru
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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, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States of America.

Both photos by T. Mione in Peru of Mione, Leiva G. & Yacher 744

Leiva G., T. Mione & L. Yacher 3647 = T. Mione, S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher 744 was discovered 21 Mar 2007, at 07 15.303, 78 28.382, near edge of stream. Stems hollow. Ripe fr not seen.

This table compares J. oppositifolia with this accession (similarities listed in one row below differences each with one row)

	J. oppositifolia	this accession
ring (purplish) in corolla adaxially	No	Yes, showing
flowers per inflor	commonly 2 (1 - 3)	commonly 5 (3 - 6)
leaning on other vegetation	sometimes	no
sepal has keel (main vein raised)	yes	no
leaf size	small (blade almost never exceeding 3.5 cm length)	larger (blades 4 to 9 cm long)
province & altitude	Chota: 2250 - 3090 m	Cajamarca: 3060 m
Known only from Department Cajamarca; shrub to 1.2 m with terete glabrous stems, leaves entire and glabrous, 10 green maculae at base of white 10-pointed corolla, anthers yellow or pale yellow, filament's lower half hairy, pedicels & peduncles & abaxial face of calyx glabrous	yes	yes

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