| Jaltomata dendroidea S. Leiva & Mione | Peru |
Arnaldoa 14(1): 29 - 44. 2007 |
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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 and Segundo Leiva G. (Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Av. América Sur 3145, Casilla postal 1075, Trujillo Peru). |
Link to table of Jaltomata species of department La Libertad |
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Face-on view of flower of Jaltomata dendroidea. Note red nectar and dark green stigma at center (photo by Mione, Mione, Leiva & Yacher 719) |
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Side view of flower of Jaltomata dendroidea. Note exserted stamens and style/stigma. Anthers appear to have dehisced, stigma is darker green than style (photo by Mione, Mione, Leiva & Yacher 719) |
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orange berry (photo by Mione, Mione Leiva & Yacher 719) |
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back (abaxial face) of calyx (photo by Mione, Mione, Leiva & Yacher 719) |
Jaltomata dendroidea is common in/among other vegetation, a more humid microhabitat than J. nigricolor found growing about one minute walk uphill from the type collection of J. dendroidea. Jaltomata nigricolor is "at home" in the open dry hillside, receiving direct sun all day, where there is approximatly a meter or two separation of the J. nigricolor shrubs apparently due to the dryness. This species, in contrast, had no separation between it and other plants: it was found growing 3 - 4 m high on the other plants. |
| Character | description |
|---|---|
| Habit & Height | Woody and to 4 m high, growing on and among other vegetation |
| Young axes | |
| Woody axes | |
| Leaves | |
| Flowers Per Inflorescence | |
| Peduncle & Pedicel | |
| Calyx | |
| Corolla | 1.1 cm long X 3 cm across (fresh flower) |
| Corolla lobes/lobules | 5-lobed, lobules essentially lacking |
| Radial Cor Thickenings | Yes, from stamen's base toward sinus/lobule (very clearly evident in top photo) |
| Flowers remain open at night? | |
| Stamens | |
| Anther length & color | |
| Pollen Quantity | |
| Disk around ovary | |
| Ovules per ovary | |
| Style length (hermaphroditic phase) | |
| Stigma | |
| Gynoecium | |
| Nectar | red (as in top photo) |
| Herkogamy? | |
| Fruit: color (at maturity) and size | orange (see photo above), 14 X 19 - 20 mm |
| Seeds | 217 per fruit from one fruit of size 14 X 19 - 20 mm. Leiva independently counted (same population) and reported 251 - 259 seeds per fruit in the protologue. |
| Chromosome number |
Geographic Distribution:
| Country | Department | province | locality | elevation | habitat | date | collector |
Data Entry
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| Peru | La Libertad | Patáz, | Distrito Retamas, Campiña Veracruz (Arriba de Llacuabamba) | 3360 m | 11 June 2005 | S. Leiva, T. Mione & L. Yacher 3350 (Holotype: HAO; Isotypes: CORD, F, HAO, HUT, LPB). | Apr 2009 |
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| Peru | La Libertad | Patáz, | Distrito Retamas, Campiña Veracruz (Arriba de Llacuabamba) | 3360 m | among (on) other plants | 11 June 2005 | Mione, Leiva & Yacher 719 was collected at the same place and time as the holotype | Apr 2009 |