Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) Home Page

Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University,
Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States.
email: MioneT@CCSU.edu

Publications by Mione and collaborators
Literature cited in
this web site
Local names used for Jaltomata
Edible Jaltomata
of Jaltomata species
Many Jaltomata species have short-tubular corollas (J. mionei)

Many species of the Andes and one on the Galápagos have orange fruits

Red nectar Jaltomata species

Most Jaltomata species are protogynous. Link to page.

Some Jaltomata have tubular flowers (J. bicolor)

Costa Rica: three species where earlier workers recognized one
Recent discovery


Species having black/dark purple fruits range from Arizona, USA to Bolivia

Keys to Jaltomata species
having red/ orange nectar Excluded species and synonyms
of Bolivia Epiphyte at Monteverde, Costa Rica
of Costa Rica Photos of fruits and the geographic distribution of fruit color
of Ecuador Glandular trichome with multicellular head
of Colombia and Venezuela Preliminary Ideas about phylogeny
of Mexico and Central America Rare flower with orange nectar needs prickly neighbor
of southern Peru Self-compatibility is normal in Jaltomata
of Peru, Department Ancash Little is known about the pollination biology of Jaltomata species
of Peru, Department Cajamarca Cleistogamy has been seen in cultivated plants of one species
of Peru, Department La Libertad Protogyny is normal in this genus
of Peru, Department Lima Trichomes
of the Peruvian lomas formations Instructions and Questions for students working with me

Click on any of the following species to see photos and geographic distribution
J. alviteziana - Peru J. nigricolor - Peru, La Libertad
J. andersonii - Peru J. nitida - Venezuela
J. antillana - Greater Antilles J. oaxaca unpublished -Mexico
J. "ArequipaPurple" J. oppositifolia - Peru
J. aspera - Peru J. pallascana - northern Peru
J. "atiquipa" - Peru, lomas de Atiquipa J. paneroi - northern Peru
J. auriculata - Andes J. pequenita unpublished- Peru
J. aypatensis Leiva, Mione & Quipuscoa; Peru, Dept. Piura; Arnaldoa 5(2):179-192. 1998. J. pilosissima - Peru
J. bernardelloana - Peru J. procumbens; Arizona, USA into the Andes
J. bicolor - Peru J. procumbens new subspecies or variety - Mexico
J. biflora - Peru J. propinqua - Peru
J. bohsiana - Mexico J. repandidentata - Mexico through Bolivia
J. cajacayensis - Peru J. sagastegui - northern Peru
J. cajamarca - Peru J. salpoensis - northern Peru
J. chiapensis unpublished - southern Mexico J. sanchez-vegae - northern Peru
J. chihuahuensis - northern Mexico J. sanctae-martae - Colombia
J. chotanae - northern Peru J. sinuosa - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

J. confinis - Guatemala

 J. "spooneri" - southern Peru
J. contumacensis - Peru J. "tablachaca" Peru
J. darcyana - Costa Rica J. tayabambae - Peru
J. dendroidea - northern Peru J. truxillana - Peru, Department La Libertad, Cerro Campana
J. dentata - Peru J. umbellata - Peru
two doubtful species of Peru: J. contorta, diffusa J. ventricosa - Peru
J. diversa - southern Peru J. viridiflora - Andes north of Peru
J. grandiflora - Mexico J. weberbaueri - Peru
J. guillermo-guerrae J. grandibaccata - Peru J. werffii - Galápagos Islands
J. herrerae - Peru and Bolivia J. yacheri - Peru
J. hunzikeri - Peru, Department Lima J. yungayensis - Peru
J. lanata - Peru

Wurdack1177 - Peru, Amazonas
J. laxa unpublished; Mexico and possibly Guatemala new taxon represented by Mione, Leiva & Yacher 744 (Leiva 3647)
J. leivae - Peru new species represented by Leiva 3646/Mione 743; Peru
J. lezamae - Peru Mione, Leiva & Yacher 749 (Leiva 3651); Peru
J. lojae - southern Ecuador and northern Peru New species from Peru, La Libertad (Leiva 2346 = Mione 651)
J. lomana - Peru New species from Peru, La Libertad Leiva et al. 2345 = Mione et al. 650
J. mionei - Peru  
 
David Spooner's and Neil Sawyer's
collections of Jaltomata
Photos of Collaborators
Essays about collecting in Peru in 1998 and 1999 
Find species determination by Leiva collection number Under Construction
Nomenclatural history
Medicinal uses of Jaltomata (under construction)