| Literature DB >> 28127235 |
Tiina Särkinen1, Sandra Knapp2.
Abstract
The Gran Chaco Americano is a major savanna woodland system in South America that harbours great plant and animal diversity. Two new herbaceous species of the Morelloid clade of Solanum (largely corresponding to the traditional Solanum section Solanum) are described here from the Bolivian Chaco. Both species are morphologically similar to a group of related species with glandular pubescence and enlarged, foliaceous calyces that includes Solanum atriplicifolium Gillies ex Nees, Solanum nitidibaccatum Bitter, Solanum physalifolium Rusby, Solanum sarrachoides Sendtn. and Solanum tweedianum Hook. Solanum woodii Särkinen & S.Knapp, sp. nov. is unusual in the Morelloid clade in having tapering anthers on short filaments, and is superficially similar to the unrelated Solanum anomalostemon S.Knapp & M.Nee from dry forests in Peru. Solanum michaelis Särkinen & S.Knapp, sp. nov. is distinct in its enlarged calyx with a short tube and long lobes that apparently reflex at fruit maturity. Both new taxa are illustrated, their conservation status assessed, and their distributions mapped. We also provide a key to the glandular-pubescent herbaceous Solanum species of the Chaco vegetation to aid in identification of these taxa.Entities:
Keywords: Bolivia; Morelloid clade; Solanaceae; Solanum section Solanum; South America; chaco woodlands; endemism
Year: 2016 PMID: 28127235 PMCID: PMC5234547 DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.74.10159
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PhytoKeys ISSN: 1314-2003 Impact factor: 1.635
Figure 1.. A Fruiting stem B Inflorescence with details of indumentum of simple, multi-cellular eglandular and glandular trichomes along the stem, calyx and corolla C Flower at full anthesis with buds D Maturing fruit (A–D Nee & Flores 54821: photos by Michael Nee).
Figure 2.Distribution map of .
Figure 3.. A Flowering stem B Inflorescence with details of buds, calyx and corolla C Flower at full anthesis (A–B Wood 21787; C Nee et al. 51967; photos by Gwen Davis).
Figure 4.Distribution map of .
| 1 | Anthers 0.8–2.1 mm long |
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| – | Anthers 2.5–5.0 mm long |
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| 2 | Calyx lobes completely enclosing the corolla in bud; inflorescences with flowers clustered near the tips; leaf base truncate |
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| – | Calyx lobes not completely enclosing the corolla in bud; inflorescences with flowers spaced 1–3 mm apart along the rachis; leaf base rounded to cuneate |
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| 3 | Anthers 2.5–3.2(-3.8) mm long; calyx (tube and/or lobes) covering 0–20% of the berry in fully mature fruits |
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| – | Anthers (3.8-)4.0–5.0 mm long; calyx (tube and/or lobes) covering at least 50% of the berry in fully mature fruits |
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| 4 | Calyx with spreading trichomes 1.5–3.5 mm long; anthers ellipsoid, rectangular in outline; fruiting pedicels spaced (0-)1–2 mm apart |
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| – | Calyx with spreading trichomes 0.5–1.0 mm long; anthers conical, triangular in outline; fruiting pedicels spaced 0–1 mm apart |
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| 5 | Calyx lobes 2.5–3.0 mm long in flower; fruiting calyx not markedly enlarged and inflated, the calyx tube slightly growing but neither tube nor lobes accrescent; fruit often slightly visible or calyx tube reaching just beyond the top of the berry |
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| – | Calyx lobes 3.5–5(-7) mm long in flower; fruiting calyx markedly enlarged and inflated, both calyx tube and lobes accrescent; fruit fully covered by calyx tube |
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