A new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from South Africa related to the cultivated eggplant

Vorontsova, M.S.; Knapp, S.

A new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from South Africa related to the cultivated eggplant

2012

Vorontsova, M.S. | Knapp, S.

A new andromonoecious species related to the eggplant and belonging to Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum from southern Africa is described. Solanum umtuma Voronts. & S.Knapp, sp. nov. is found in the eastern part of South Africa, and is sympatric with its close relative Solanum linnaeanum Hepper & P.M-L.Jaeger. It is morphologically very similar to Solanum cerasiferum Dunal of northern tropical Africa. A comparison table with similar and closely related species is provided, as are a distribution map and illustration of Solanum umtuma.

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AGROVOC Keywords

africa eggplant eggplants new species south africa sympatry

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Published in

PhytoKeys

Volume 8 Pagination 1 - 11 ISSN 1314-2003

Publisher

Pensoft Publishers

Other Subjects

Endemic; Solanum linnaeanum; “spiny solanum”; Solanum cerasiferum; Andromonoecy

Language

English

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Nal-ap-2-clean

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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.8.2462

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