Jaltomata aspera

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Jaltomata aspera
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Jaltomata
Species:
J. aspera
Binomial name
Jaltomata aspera
(Ruiz & Pav.) T. Mione & F. G. Coe
Synonyms [1]
  • Atropa asperaRuiz & Pav.
  • Hebecladus asperus(Ruiz & Pav.) Miers
  • Saracha ciliataMiers
  • Saracha lacrima-virginisBitter
  • Saracha urbanianaBitter & Dammer
  • Ulticona aspera(Ruiz & Pav.) Raf.
  • Witheringia ciliata(Miers) Miers

Jaltomata aspera is a plant species native to Peru. It grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m. [2]

Jaltomata aspera is a shrub up to 2 m tall. It has solitary, hanging flowers, greenish-yellow in color with blood-red nectar. Fruits are orange to white. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Tropicos
  2. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
  3. Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
  4. McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
  5. Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University