- TGRC

Accession

Status

Inspected for international shipment?

Other Identifier

Taxon (Solanum)

Formerly

Donors

Charles Rick; Martha Rick

Collection Number

Site Details

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Latitude/longitude

Latitude: 14 deg. 52 min 10 sec S; decimal: -14.869444; Longitude: 74 deg. 46 min 43 sec W; decimal: -74.778611

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Collection Date (m-d-y)

Population Size

Sample Size

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Associated Biota

Collection Notes

SAL415. 11/9/70.  L. peruvianum.  Nazca. 1,500 m.  Large pop. of undetermined size in dry washes and part of roadbanks 17 miles E of Nazca on road to Puquio.  Extremely arid situation in which most of plants were dead/dormant.  Associated with composites, Jatropha and Cereus and many other plant species.  Type = rather strange peruvianum form.  Leaves narrow, acute, rippled, dark green  with many (up to 8) pairs of lateral segments.  Internodes long and plants sparse, wiry.  Inflorescence large 2nd order with many prominent bractules [?] fruits.  Flowers with rather strange anther tubes, stigma exsertion 1mm.  Fruits rather abundant, small (1cm or less), very prominent purple stripe, odor distinct.  No photos. Fruit from 10 plants.  Plants seen from 2-5 miles E to site (1,500 to 2,000 m) as if only in loma zone.  Many fruits parasitized. [Seed from 10 plants.] [From mileage log:] 418.2 Puquio, 490-499 peruvianum, 496.5 SAL415 peruvianum 1520m, 562 San Juan Marcona.

Mating System

Comments

3/2018: lat/lon is for 17 miles E of Nazca on road to Puquio (elevaton 1600masl)

Accession Category

Wild species

Year accessioned

Accession Details