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The Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Peru south of department Lima

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, CT 06050-4010
This page was updated in March of 2008

Link to Jaltomata home page

	name of species	In which Departments of Peru south of Lima is the species known to grow?	Comments
	Unpublished: Mione's temporary name, for keeping track of digital files, is ArequipaPurple	Arequipa	S. Leiva G. obtained the photo from Victor Quipuscoa (Universidad San Augustin, Arequipa, Peru)
	J. auriculata	Cuzco	herbaceous white flower lower elevation red berries
	J. bicolor	Huancavelica probably Moquegua	shrub common further north, for example in Department Lima, rare in southern Peru the photo at left is of a collection made in Department Ancash: corolla of this species in department Lima is purple, not green
	J. dilloniana S. Leiva	Apurimac	Leiva's photos of this look like J. herrerae, but Mione has not yet studied specimens Leiva identifies as J. dilloniana.
	J. diversa	Apurimac Arequipa Ayacucho Cuzco	shrub flowers tiny no peduncle
	J. herrerae	Apurimac Cuzco Huancavelica	shrub nectar red photo taken in Bolivia
no image	unpublished	Puno, province Sandia	shrub several specimens by different collectors Mione identifies as this species Mione is willing to send photocopies of herbarium specimen labels if someone is willing to send him digital photos, and specimens
	J. repandidentata	Cuzco	herbaceous anthers of each flower vary in size filaments curved to sigmoid style curved fruit black/purple a few hundred meters of elevation
	J. sinuosa	Cuzco	shrub flowers become rotate (flower shown at left is in the process of opening) common in Ecuador and northern Peru, rare in southern Peru