Jaltomata aspera
Jaltomata aspera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Solanaceae |
Subfamily: | Solanoideae |
Tribe: | Solaneae |
Genus: | Jaltomata |
Species: | J. aspera |
Binomial name | |
Jaltomata aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) T. Mione & F. G. Coe | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
References
- ↑ Tropicos
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
- ↑ McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
- ↑ Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University
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