Jaltomata lojae

Jaltomata lojae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Subfamily: Solanoideae
Tribe: Solaneae
Genus: Jaltomata
Species: J. lojae
Binomial name
Jaltomata lojae

Jaltomata lojae is a plant species native to Peru and Ecuador. [1]

Jaltomata lojae is a perennial shrub. Flowers are white with green spots near the center. Fruits are orange at maturity.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Mione, T. & L. A. Serazo. 1999. Jaltomata lojae (Solanaceae): Description and floral biology of a new Andean species. Rhodora 101: 136–142.
  3. McBride, J.F. 1964. Solanaceae. Field Museum of National History, Botanical Series 13, part V-B, no 1.
  4. Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University
  5. Ulloa Ulloa, C. & D. A. Neill. 2005. Cinco Años de Adiciones a la Flora del Ecuador 1–75. Editorial UTPL, Loja.
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