Jaltomata truxillana S. Leiva & Mione |
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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. |
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This species is know only from one small mountain, Cerro Campana, on the coast of Department La Libertad, Peru.
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| Note the larger diameter of the stigmas in the photo above compared to photos below taken in the same population but at a different time. In general, in Jaltomata, male-sterile looking plants have fat stigmas and normal hermaphroditic flowers have noticably smaller stigmas; I can't tell if this is what is going on in the photo above because I don't have flowers (I have only this photo of this collection). Photo by Segundo Leiva G., October 2008. |
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Fewer than 40 plants of this species exist, all on one small mountain. Left: Corolla short-tubular with 10 green maculae in the corolla tube. Photo by Segundo Leiva G. (Leiva 2880) Lower Left: Photo by Segundo Leiva G. (Leiva 2880) Below: Note ruler (probably 10 to 12 cm long) in branch of living but dormant Jaltomata truxillana photographed during the dry season (June 1999). On this plant one could see living buds. |
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| Character | description |
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| Habit & Height | shrub about 1 m high |
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| Chromosome number | no data |
Geographic Distribution: Peru, Department La Libertad, province Trujillo, Cerro Campana (a small desert mountain by the sea):
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Data Entry
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| 790 | lomas | 11 Sep 2004 | TYPE. S. Leiva 2880 (CCSU, HAO, HUT) | Nov 2008 & Mar 2009 |
| 500 - 600 | lomas | 18 Aug 1952 | R. Ferreyra 8621 ( MO) | Nov 2008 |
| 700 | ladera cerca de rocas | looks like year 1997 | S. Leiva & V. Quipuscoa 2142 (HAO) | Nov 2008 |
| between 660 and 780 | open hillside growing among rocks | 15 June 1999 (very nearly leafless, not in bloom) | T. Mione & S. Leiva 652 (not yet deposited) | Nov 2008 |
| 750 | 25 Aug 2007 | T. Mione, S. Leiva & M. Zapata 759 (not yet deposited) | Nov 2008 |
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| 17 Oct 2008 according to digital date on photo (top photo) generously provided by S. Leiva | S. Leiva | Mar 2008 |
| Altitudinal Distribution: Segundo Leiva informed me, in a conversation at the population in August of 2007, that the plants grow between 660 - 780 m of elevation. We did not discuss that this indicates that Ferrerya's label data showing plants growing between 500 and 600 meters of elevation must have been an estimate, not an accurate measurement. |
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The information on this page may be cited as a communication with Segundo Leiva G., or professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University, Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, CT 06050-4010 |
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