- TGRC

Accession

Status

Inspected for international shipment?

Taxon (Solanum)

Formerly

Donors

Charles Rick; John Rick; Martha Rick

Collection Number

Site Details

Collection Site

Province or Department

Country

Latitude/longitude

Latitude: 0 deg. 17 min 40 sec S; decimal: -0.294444; Longitude: 91 deg. 33 min 6 sec W; decimal: -91.551667

Latitude/longitude source

Elevation (m)

Collection Date (m-d-y)

Population Size

Sample Size

Habitat

Associated Biota

Collection Notes

SAL486.  1/24/71.  L. cheesmanii typ.  Espinoza West.  20 m elevation.  About 8 miles West of Punta Espinoza at point where first large vegetation strip reaches coast on Pahoehoe, Isla Fernandina, Galapagos.  Among Scalesia, Discaria, various grass spec. and red fruited shrub (avidly eaten by large land iguana), Pectis and Euphorbia.  Rather arid situation.  Close to coastal cliffs in main vegetation area, probably wettest site.  Population of about 20 plants, some intermingled with SAL487.  Most dead.  #1 in best condition, flowers to ripe fruit.  Collected fruits from 5-6 plants.  No photos.  Extremely arthritic, thick skin, colorless skin.  Fruits being eaten -- some from below because empty hemispheres still cling to plant [see drawing of empty pericarps].  Very few old fruit seen.  Type = cheesmanii type, simple orbicular leaves, short hairs, chees.. odor, light green color, no anthocyanin (=aw?).  Extremely interesting for Fernandina flora.  [Seeds from 2 plants.]

Mating System

Comments

Homozygous for j-2^in, according to T. Tabuchi.  10/2014: lat/lon is for 8 miles W of Punta Espinoza.

Accession Category

Wild species

Year accessioned

Gene

j-2^in

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