Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of department La Libertad, Peru
Segundo Leiva G., Thomas Mione, Leon Yacher
Link to Jaltomata home page
The information on this page may be cited as a communication with Segundo Leiva G., (Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Av. América Sur 3145, Casilla postal 1075, Trujillo Peru) and the web page author professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States of America.

Flower	species habit and plant height Mione #	Distribution Altitude	Hairs	Fl Per Inflor	Corolla form Corolla size (mm)	Radial corolla thick-enings?	Corolla color Nectar Color	Corolla: Ring of green maculate?	Corolla lobules	Anther Size (undehisced, pickled in Peru)	seeds per fruit	Months in flower
	green fruit & orange nectar perennial herb 70 cm high (Mione 711, 758)	Peru, La Libertad, province Otuzco 1420 - 1870 m	leaves glabrous	1	campanulate; Aftter pickled: 3 cm across X 1 cm deep; fresh fl 3.4 cm across in photo.	No	Cor green Nectar orange	Yes, at base of corolla	No, inward notch instead	3.4 - 4 mm	251 - 469!	March
	dendroidea shrub to 4 m high (Mione 719)	Peru, La Libertad, province Patáz 3360 - 3475 m	leaves: hairs all or predominatnly dendritic	1 - 3 (-4)	campanulate; 3.2 cm across X 1.1 cm deep	yes, evident in photo	Cor green Nectar red	No	essentially lacking (see photos)	3.04 - 3.24 mm	217 (n = 1)	June
	Las Gordas unpublished shrub to 1.2 m high (Mione et al. 642, 643, 713)	Peru: Dept La Libetad, province Santiago de Chuco 3400 - 3549 m	leaves glabrous	1 - 2	campanulate; 3.2 - 3.6 cm across X 2 cm deep	yes	Cor blue-green Nectar red	No	Lobules present, (evident in photo)	5 mm	264 (n = 1)	June
	sanchez-vegae shrub to 1.4 m high (Mione et al. 647 shown at right, 715, 742 shown at left)	Peru, Departments Cajamarca and La Libertad 3000 - 3300 m	gland-tipped finger hairs	1 - 2	urceolate-tubular with a recurved limb 11 across at base, the limb 17 mm broad X 12 long (=deep)	yes	green with a purple base nectar clear in Peru, turning orange* on cultivated plants in Connecticut	No	Lobules present, (evident in photo), triangular, slightly longer than wide or as long as wide.	anthers 2.7 - 3.5 mm long X 1.3 - 1.8 mm wide (undehisced pickled in CT or Peru)	177 - 181 (from protologue, counts by Leiva) 37 - 60, (n = 3 fruits, counted in Peru, 647)	Nov, Dec, Jan, Mar, Apr, June
	ventricosa shrub to 1 m Mione	Peru, La Libertad 2900 - 3500 m	glabrate	1 - 2 (-4)	urceolate, limb revolute; 12-14.5 broad X 8-10 long (=deep)	yes	whitish to pale yellow Nectar orange-red	No	Lobules present, (evident in photo)	2.6 - 3 mm (cultivated in Connecticut, fresh not pickled)	59 seeds (n = 1 fruit, from a plant cultivated in Connecticut). 118-181 ovules per ovary (n = 3 ovaries)	Dec, Jan, Feb, May, June
Flower	species habit and plant height Mione #	Distribution Altitude	Hairs	Fl Per Inflor	Corolla form Corolla size (mm)	Radial corolla thick- enings?	Corolla color   Nectar Color	Corolla: Ring of green maculate?	Corolla lobules	Anther Size mm (undehisced, pickled in Peru)	seeds per fruit	Months in flower
	bernardelloana shrub 1-2 (-4) m high (Mione 640)	Peru, La Libertad, province Otuzco	leaves pubescent (evident in photos posted on this species' homepage)	6 - 12 (-18)	urceolate 1 cm long (to 1.3 cm long pressed incl lobes)	No	purple nectar color: no data	No	Lobules present, (evident in photo)	2.3 - 2.45 mm long X 1.85 - 1.9 mm wide, not mucronate, not mucronulate	no data	March, May & June
	Leiva 2346 = Mione 651, Leiva 2339 = Mione 645 Shrub	Peru: Dept La Libetad, Santiago de Chuco 3020 m		12			nectar clear	yes, evident in photo	yes, evident in photo			June
	salpoensis shrub to 60 cm Mione: 639, 706, 738	Peru: Depts La Libertad, Cajamarca, Amazonas 2963 - 3750 m	glabrous	2 - 4	crateriform	no	white nectar clear	yes on 706 and 738, not mentioned in protologue	no
	lezamae shrub to 60 cm Mione 581, 582, 655, 661, 754, 794	Peru, Departments Cajamarca & La Libertad 2000 - 2700 m	young axes densely pubescent, all the hairs gland-tipped	2 - 4	broadly infundibular	no	white   nectar clear	no	yes, evident in photo		248 seeds per fruit (n = 1 fruit, Mione et al. 661)	Feb., Mar., Apr., May, Jun, Dec	calyx hairless, mature fruits green
	nigricolor shrub to 1.2m Leiva 3348 = Mione 718	Peru: Dept La Libertad, prov Patáz 3360 to 3475 m	dense covering of gland-tipped sticky finger hairs	1 (sometimes also a small bud)	rotate, but some of the flowers approached a condition we could call short-tubular	no	white nectar clear	yes, evident in photo	yes, evident in photo	1.74		June
	sinuosa shrub in La Libertad	widespread in the Andes	dense covering of gland-tipped finger hairs of varying lengths				nectar clear
Flower	species habit and plant height Mione #	Distribution Altitude	Hairs	Fl Per Inflor	Corolla form   Corolla size (mm)	Radial corolla thickenings?	Corolla color Nectar Color	Corolla: Ring of green maculate?	Corolla lobules?	Anther Length mm	seeds per fruit	Months in flower
	"truxillana" unpublished shrub to 80 cm high Mione, Lieva & Yacher 652, Mione, Leiva & Zapata 759	Peru, La Libertad, province Trujillo, endemic to one small sea-side mountain 660 - 780 m		6 (-8)			nectar clear	yes, evident in photo				August - October	Leaves Deciduous!
	? new variety or new subspecies of J. cajamarca?	Peru, La Libertad, near Huaranchal 2000 m	densely villous young stems, the hairs simple and gland-tipped	- 9 including buds	short-tubular	No	pale purple to nearly white nectar clear	No	yes, evident in photo	undehisced anthers not found the single day we encountered this population	41 - 60 (n = 3 fruits)	May
	J. mionei	Peru, La Libertad		6 - 10	short-tubular	No	nectar clear	Yes
	Small Leaves: Leiva 2338 = Mione 644 Shrub to 1 m	Peru, La Libertad, prov Santiago de Chuco, Cachicadán		5			nectar clear				2 - 5	June	leaves, including petiole, no longer than 4.5 cm
	Leiva 2342 = Mione 649	Peru, La Libertad, prov Santiago de Chuco, Angasmarca					nectar clear					June

* corolla transparent, so nectar can be seen through corolla wall
Lobules - lobules alternate with corolla lobes when present. In the photos above lobules are clearly evident in J. nigricolor. Flowers that were stored in 70% ethanol when collected, and photos of flowers, were used to check lobules.
Radial Corolla Thickenings - where present, these extend from base of stamen to sinus or lobule of corolla. In the photos above these are evident in J. dendroidea.

Hebecladus weberbaueri Bitter (not H. weberbaueri Dammer): one of the last two rows of the table probably.

The first species in the table (working name "green fruit & orange nectar") differs from all others in the department by having herbaceous above-ground parts, green (nearly white) mature fruits, a style tapering to a point (proximal to distal), and a bowl-shaped layer of tissue formed by bases of the stamens (this holds the nectar inside of this bowl and around the ovary). This is the only species known to be visited by hummingbirds (others may be).

Photos of J. sinuosa shown above: collection Mione 650 photographed in the CCSU greenhouse, plants grown from seed collected in Peru, Dept. La Libertad.

Literature Cited
Geographic Distribution of the genus Jaltomata
Description of the genus Jaltomata

Acknowledgements: T. Mione & Segundo Leiva G. thank Leon Yacher for collaboration. David Spooner sent specimens to T.M.
Gregory J. Anderson and Gabriel Bernardello provided an environment conducive to the birth of this project.