Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae)
Professor Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University,
Biology Department, Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010,
United States. MioneT @ CCSU dot edu; page revised 2024

Description of the genus Jaltomata	Edible Jaltomata	Corolla changes color as it ages	Local names used for Jaltomata	Publications by Thomas Mione and collaborators
keys to Jaltomata species	Medicinal uses of Jaltomata	Pollination of Jaltomata	Floral Mimicry	Convergent/Parallel evolution within the genus Jaltomata

Many Jaltomata species have short-tubular corollas (J. mionei)	Red nectar	Some Jaltomata have tubular flowers (J. aijana)	Recent discovery
Many species of the Andes and one on the Galápagos have orange fruits	Most Jaltomata species are protogynous.	Costa Rica: three species where earlier workers recognized one	Species having black/dark purple fruits range from Arizona, USA to Bolivia

Literature cited in this web site	Genetics Parents Graphs	Chromosome counts of Jaltomata species	Self-compatibility is normal in Jaltomata	Epiphyte at Monteverde, Costa Rica
Habitat & Geographic Distribution of the genus Jaltomata	Genetics Graphs	Excluded species and synonyms	Specimens studied Mione & Leiva's specimens	sections of the genus Jaltomata

Click on any of the following species to see photos and geographic distribution
J. aijana - Peru	J. lezamae - Peru
J. alviteziana - Peru	J. "libertadii" = Mione et al. 650
J. amazona - Peru	J. lojae - southern Ecuador and northern Peru
J. andersonii - Peru	J. lomana - Peru
J. angasmarcae, J. anteropilosa - Peru	J. mionei - Peru
J. antillana - Greater Antilles	J. neei - northern Peru
J. aspera - Peru	J. nigricolor - Peru, La Libertad
J. athahuallapae - Peru	J. nitida - Venezuela
J. atiquipa - Peru, lomas de Atiquipa	J. oaxaca unpublished -Mexico
J. aricapampae - northern Peru	J. oppositifolia - Peru
J. auriculata - Andes	J. pallascana - northern Peru
J. aypatensis- northern Peru	J. paneroi - northern Peru
J. bernardelloana - Peru	J. parviflora- Peru
J. bicolor - Peru	J. pauciseminata - northern Peru
J. biflora - Peru	J. pequenita unpublished- Peru
J. bohsiana - Mexico	J. pilosissima - Peru
J. cajacayensis - Peru	J. procumbens; Arizona, USA into the Andes
J. cajamarca - Peru	two un-named new varieties of J. procumbens: Mexico Guatemala
J. "callacallense" - Peru	J. propinqua - Peru
J. calliantha - Peru	J. quipuscoae - southern Peru
J. "chiapensis" unpublished - southern Mexico	J. repandidentata - Mexico through Bolivia
J. chihuahuensis - northern Mexico	J. sagastegui - northern Peru
J. chotanae - northern Peru	J. salpoensis - northern Peru
J. confinis - Guatemala	J. sanchez-vegae - northern Peru
J. contorta, diffusa - Peru	J. sanctae-martae - Colombia
J. contumacensis - Peru	J. sanmiguelina - northern Peru
J. cuyasensis - Peru	J. sinuosa - Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
J. darcyana - Costa Rica	J. spooneri - southern Peru
J. dendroidea, J. tayabambae- northern Peru	J. tlaxcala- Mexico
J. dentata - Peru	J. truxillana - Peru, Department La Libertad, Cerro Campana
J. diversa - southern Peru	J. umbellata - Peru
J. estilopilosa - northern Peru	J. "uyurpampa" - Peru
J. glomeruliflora - Peru	J. ventricosa - Peru
J. grandiflora - Mexico	J. viridiflora - Andes north of Peru
J. grandibaccata, J. guillermo-guerrae - Peru	J. weberbaueri - Peru
J. herrerae - J. dilloniana - Peru and Bolivia	J. weigendiana - Peru
J. huancabambae - northern Peru	J. werffii - Galápagos Islands
J. hunzikeri - Peru, Department Lima	J. yacheri - Peru; Mione, Leiva & Yacher 749 (Leiva 3651)
J. incahuasina - northern Peru	J. yungayensis - Peru
J. lanata - Peru
J. leivae - Peru	Mione, Leiva & Yacher 744 (Leiva 3647)

How to grow Jaltomata species	Geographic distribution of fruit color	Instructions and questions for students working with T.M.
How to estimate pollen quantity	Photos of Collaborators	Essays about collecting in Peru in 1998 and 1999
Nomenclatural history	Trichomes	Rare species with orange nectar needs prickly neighbor
Map of species of Peru	Preliminary Ideas about phylogeny	Cleistogamy has been seen in cultivated plants of one species

Professor Thomas Mione, Biology Department, Central Connecticut State University,
Copernicus Hall, 1615 Stanley Street, New Britain, Connecticut 06050-4010, United States.
email: MioneT@CCSU.edu