Solanum verecundum M.Nee, Kurtziana 28: 137, 2000.

Tovar, Juan David & Giacomin, Leandro Lacerda, 2022, A new species and new records of Solanum (Solanaceae) from Colombia, PhytoKeys 195, pp. 63-73 : 63

Solanum verecundum M.Nee, Kurtziana 28: 137, 2000.

Type.

Ecuador. Sucumbios: El Salado, colecciones en el sendero a la finca del Sr .

Segundo Pacheco, 1,400 m elev., 13 October 1990, J. Jaramillo, E. Grijalva & M. Grijalva 13285 (holotype: QCA!; isotype: NY! [00381798]).

Notes.

Solanum verecundum (Fig. 4b ) was previously known from montane forests in Peru and Ecuador ( Giacomin 2015). Our new records presented here extend the distribution to Colombia to the Departments of Caldas, Quindio and Valle del Cauca (Fig. 5 ). The species belongs to the Brevantherum clade and is related to the species traditionally included in section Brevantherum Brevantherum Seithe ( Tovar et al. 2021). Solanum verecundum can be easily recognised by the membranaceous leaves, stellate-lepidote trichomes (with partially fused rays) in both leaf surfaces and puberulous orange-coloured fruits at full maturity. More information and a complete description are available at: https://solanaceaesource.myspecies.info/solanaceae/solanum-verecundum

Specimens examined.

Colombia. Caldas: Municipio de Villamaria, ruta del condor, carretera entre la Telaraña y La Guyana , 4°57'18.5"N, 75°30'03.3"W, 2,000 m elev., 29 Nov 2021 (fl,fr), J.D. Tovar & M.A. Buitrago 487 (FAUC) . Quindio: Municipio de Génova, por la trocha que conduce a Pijao, camino al Cedral , 1,800 m elev., 11 Feb 2016 (fr), A. Orejuela et al. 2627 (JBB); Municipio de Genova , vereda La Esmeralda, borde de carretera, 1,750 m elev., 8 Jan 1993 (fr), C.A. Lopez 61 (HUQ) . Valle del Cauca: Márgenes del río Bugalagrande, Calamar , 1,680 m elev., 28 Mar 1946 (fr), J. Cuatrecasas 20500 (F) .

Figures

Figure 4. New records of Solanum from Colombia A Solanum tanysepalum S. Knapp (upper left corner: detail of calyx lobes; Geminata clade) B Solanum verecundum M. Nee (Brevantherum clade).

Figure 5. Distribution of S. tanysepalum S. Knapp (green circles) and S. verecundum M. Nee (cyan triangles).