Published March 20, 2015 | Version v1
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Two new non-spiny Solanum species from the Bolivian Andes (Morelloid Clade)

  • 1. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
  • 2. The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • 3. New York Botanical Garden, New York, United States of America

Description

Two new Bolivian species are described from the Morelloid clade of Solanum (section Solanum in the traditional sense). Solanum alliariifolium M.Nee & Särkinen, sp. nov. is found in montane forests between 1,900 and 3,200 m and is morphologically most similar to S. leptocaulon Van Heurck & Müll.Arg., also from montane forests in southern Peru and Bolivia. Solanum rhizomatum Särkinen & M.Nee, sp. nov. is found in seasonally dry forests and matorral vegetation in lower elevations between 1,300 and 2,900 m and is most similar to S. pygmaeum Cav., a species native to sub-tropical Argentina but introduced in subtropical and temperate areas worldwide.

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