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

Description of the genus Jaltomata
Geographic distribution of the genus Jaltomata
Edible Fruits of Jaltomata species (under construction)
Publications by Mione and collaborators
Medicinal uses of Jaltomata (under construction)
Local names used for Jaltomata organized by 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 Hummingbird Pollinated!
Herbaceous, SolitaryGreenFlower,GreenFruit,OrangeNectar
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 Floral Biology page for students working with me
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 Excluded species and synonyms of Jaltomata species

Click on any of the following species to see photos and geographic distribution
J. alviteziana - Peru J. mionei - Peru
J. andersonii - Peru J. nigricolor - Peru, La Libertad
J. antillana - Greater Antilles J. nitida - Venezuela
J. aspera - Peru J. oaxaca unpublished -Mexico
J. auriculata - Andes J. oppositifolia - Peru
J. aypatensis Leiva, Mione & Quipuscoa; Peru, Dept. Piura; Arnaldoa 5(2):179-192. 1998. J. paneroi - Peru
J. bernardelloana - Peru J. procumbens; Arizona, USA into the Andes
J. bicolor - Peru J. procumbens var. davisii unpublished; Mexico
J. biflora - Peru J. propinqua - Peru
J. cajacayensis - Peru J. repandidentata - Mexico through Bolivia
J. cajamarca - Peru J. sagastegui - northern Peru
J. chiapensis unpublished - southern Mexico J. salpoensis - northern Peru
J. chihuahuensis - northern Mexico J. sanchez-vegae - northern Peru

J. confinis - Guatemala

 J. sanctae-martae - Colombia
J. contumacensis - Peru J. sinuosa - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
J. darcyana - Costa Rica J. spooneri unpublished - Mexico
J. dendroidea - northern Peru J. truxillana unpublished - Peru, Department La Libertad, Cerro Campana
J. dentata - Peru J. umbellata - Peru
J. diversa - southern Peru J. ventricosa - Peru
J. grandiflora - Mexico J. viridiflora - Andes north of Peru
J. herrerae - Peru and Bolivia J. weberbaueri - Peru
J. hunzikeri - Peru, Department Lima J. werffii - Galápagos Islands 
J. lanata - Peru J. yacheri - Peru
J. laxa unpublished; Mexico and possibly Guatemala J. yungayensis - Peru
J. leivae - Peru

new species represented by collection 642 (=Leiva 2336 and 2348); Peru

J. lezamae - Peru new species represented by collection Leiva 3646/Mione 743; Peru
J. lojae - southern Ecuador and northern Peru new taxa represented by Mione, Leiva & Yacher 744 (Leiva 3647), and Mione, Leiva & Yacher 749 (Leiva 3651); Peru
J. lomana - Peru New species from Peru's department La Libertad (Leiva 2346 = Mione 651)
 
David Spooner's and Neil Sawyer's
collections of Jaltomata
Photos of Collaborators
Essays about collecting in Peru in 1998 and 1999