Jaltomata aspera

Jaltomata aspera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.) Mione
Synonyms
  • Atropa aspera Ruiz & Pav.
  • Hebecladus asperus (Ruiz & Pav.) Miers
  • Saracha ciliata Miers
  • Saracha lacrima-virginis Bitter
  • Saracha urbaniana Bitter & Dammer
  • Ulticona aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) Raf.
  • Witheringia ciliata (Miers) Miers

Jaltomata aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Peru where it grows on rocky hillsides at elevations less than 1800 m.

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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Jaltomata aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) Mione". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Tropicos
  3. ↑ "Jaltomata aspera (Ruiz & Pav.) Mione". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Mione, T., & F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.
  6. ↑ McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
  7. ↑ Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University