Two new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of southern Ecuador and northern Peru

Abstract. Two new species of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum from southern Ecuador and northern Peru are described here. Solanum rubicaule S. Stern, sp. nov., is a member of sect. Torva and is characterized by a festooning, scandent growth form and fruits held horizontally on recurved pedicels. Solan...

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Autores principales: Stern, Stephen, Bohs, Lynn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22171168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.1.660
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Sumario:Abstract. Two new species of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum from southern Ecuador and northern Peru are described here. Solanum rubicaule S. Stern, sp. nov., is a member of sect. Torva and is characterized by a festooning, scandent growth form and fruits held horizontally on recurved pedicels. Solanum achorum S. Stern, sp. nov., is a member of sect. Erythrotrichum and is characterized by 4–12-flowered inflorescences, small seeds, and a small calyx. Both species are distributed in the Amotape-Huancabamba Zone of the Andes in northern Peru and southern Ecuador.

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