Jaltomata procumbens

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Common Names

Description

Family Solanaceae

Herbs, shrubs , small trees , or climbers . Stems sometimes prickly, rarely thorny; hairs simple , branched, or stellate , sometimes glandular . Leaves alternate, solitary or paired , simple or pinnately compound , without stipules; leaf blade entire, dentate , lobed , or divided . Inflorescences terminal , overtopped by continuing axes, appearing axillary , extra-axillary , or leaf opposed, often apparently umbellate , racemose, paniculate , clustered, or solitary flowers, rarely true cymes, sometimes bracteate . Flowers mostly bisexual , usually regular, 5-merous, rarely 4- or 6-9-merous. Calyx mostly lobed. Petals united . Stamens as many as corolla lobes and alternate with them, inserted within corolla, all alike or 1 or more reduced; anthers dehiscing longitudinally or by apical pores . Ovary 2-5-locular; placentation mostly axile ; ovules usually numerous . Style 1. Fruiting calyx often becoming enlarged, mostly persistent . Fruit a berry or capsule. Seeds with copious endosperm; embryo mostly curved .

About 95 genera with 2300 species: best represented in western tropical America, widespread in temperate and tropical regions ; 20 genera (ten introduced ) and 101 species in China.

Some species of Solanaceae are known in China only by plants cultivated in ornamental or specialty gardens: Atropa belladonna Linnaeus, Cyphomandra betacea (Cavanilles) Sendtner, Brugmansia suaveolens (Willdenow) Berchtold & Presl, Nicotiana alata Link & Otto, and Solanum jasminoides Paxton.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,028 meters (0 to 9,934 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 18-24" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Atropa procumbens Cav.
2. Bellinia Procumbens
3. Bellinia procumbens (Cav.) Roem. & Schult.
4. Saracha procumbens (Cav.) Ruiz & Pav.
5. Saracha procumbens (Cav.) Ruiz and Pav�n

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Phytologia 26:123. 1973

Name verified on 06-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Jaltomata

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 52 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

J. alviteziana · J. andersonii · J. antillana (Antilles False Holly) · J. aspera · J. auriculata · J. aypatensis · J. bernardelloana · J. bicolor · J. biflora · J. cajacayensis · J. cajamarca · J. chihuahuensis · J. confinis · J. contorta · J. contumacensis · J. cuyasensis · J. darcyana · J. dentata · J. diversa · J. edulis · J. glandulosa · J. grandiflora · J. herrerae · J. hunzikeri · J. lanata · J. leivae · J. lezamae · J. loja · J. lojae · J. lomana · J. mionei · J. nitida · J. oppositifolia · J. paneroi · J. procumbens (Creeping False Holly) · J. propinqua · J. repandidentata · J. sagastegui · J. salpoensis · J. sanctae-martae · J. sinuosa · J. umbellata · J. ventricosa · J. vestita · J. viridiflora · J. viscosa · J. weberbaueri · J. werffii · J. werfii · J. whalenii · J. yacheri · J. yungayensis

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Further Reading

• Brako, L. and J. L. Zarucchi (1993a): Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru
• Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. (Cornucopia)
• Flora of Guatemala / Johnnie L. Gentry, Paul C. Standley. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. ENG url p. 43, p. 44.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz. (F Veracruz)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• Nee, M. 1991. The systematics of lesser known edible Solanaceae of the New World. In: Hawkes, J. G. et al., eds., Solanaceae III: taxonomy, chemistry, evolution. (Solan III) 365.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
• Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration: Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Herbario del Instituto de Ecología, A.C., México (IE-BAJÍO)
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus: The AAU Herbarium Database
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: MEXU/Plantas Vasculares
• USDA PLANTS: USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2667660
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-503234
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:816032-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 102333
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 503234
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 131311-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDSOL0D020
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: JAPR2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 41711

Footnotes

1. Zhi-Yun Zhang, Anmin Lu & William G. D'Arcy "Solanaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 300. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 1,223.360 meters (4,013.648 feet), Standard Deviation = 866.500 based on 184 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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