Accession Data
Jaltomata quipuscoae
Family: Solanaceae
Country of Origin: Peru: Arequipa (endemic)
Description: A newly described species from Peru producing red floral nectar.
Much branching, perennial herb to 70 cm, the younger branches green with a dense pubescence of gland-tipped finger hairs, the older branches brown-purple, lacking lenticles. Flowers solitary, corolla purple, broadly crateriform and 5-lobed, nectar pools on the corona, lacking radial staminal-corolla thickenings, stigma punctiform, mature fruits whitish.1
Image #1: Two flowers of J. quipuscoae grown in the same greenhouse at the same time. On the left, during the pistillate phase the corolla begins to turn purple. On the right, hermaphroditic phase flowers have turned purple. Nectar darkens with age too, appearing orange-red during the pistillate phase (usually day one) and then darkening to purple. Units are mm.2
Accession Data
Accession #: 201800152
Accession Date: 2018-12-05 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2217
Quantity: 2
Source: Tom Mione - CCSU Greenhouse
Provenance:
Cuttings of Mione 798(4) (paratype)
Culture: Does best when allowed to dry slightly between watering.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
SubFamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Solaneae
Flowering Data:
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References
- Mione, T.,Gonzalez, S. L., Yacher, L., Two new Peruvian species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae, Solaneae) with red floral nectar. Brittonia 67(2): 105Y112 (2015), DOI 10.1007/s12228-014-9360-2. Last accessed Wednesday, 05 December, 2018.
- Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) courtesy Tom Mione, CCSU. Used with permission, all rights reserved by owner.
- Thomas Mione, Jamie Kostyun & Segundo Leiva González (2019): Breeding system features and a novel method for locating floral nectar secretion in a South American nightshade (Jaltomata quipuscoae). Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. Last accessed on Friday, 08 March, 2019.
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