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

By

Vorontsova, Maria
Knapp, Sandra

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

8

Pages

1-11

Subjects

“spiny solanum” , Africa , andromonoecy , Eggplant , endemic , South Africa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

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

 

Abstract

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 S. linnaeanum Hepper & P.M-L.Jaeger. It is morphologically very similar to S. 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 S. umtuma.