Monographs Details:
Authority:
Knapp, Sandra D. 2002. section (Solanaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 84: 1-404. (Published by NYBG Press)
Knapp, Sandra D. 2002.
Family:
Solanaceae
Solanaceae
Description:
Species Description - Shrubs to 1.5 m tall; young stems pubescent with uniseriate curly-tipped trichomes ca. 0.5 mm long, not winged from the leaf bases; older stems glabrate, the bark grayish-green. Sympodial units unifoliate. Leaves elliptic, widest at or just below the middle, glabrous and shining above, glabrous or pubescent along the veins beneath, 9.2-18 x 3-6.5 cm, with 7-9 pairs of main lateral veins, these raised and joined in a series of prominent arches above, prominent and reddish beneath, the apex acute, the base acute, slightly decurrent on the petiole; petiole 4-8 mm long. Inflorescences opposite the leaves, simple, 0.8-3 cm long, 5-8-flowered, sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes like those of the stems; pedicel scars unevenly spaced 0.52 mm apart, raised from the inflorescence axis. Buds globose when young, later ellipsoid with the exsertion of the corolla. Pedicels at anthesis deflexed, filiform, 0.8-1 cm long, tapering from the calyx tube to a slender base ca. 0.25 mm diam., sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes. Flowers with the calyx tube broadly conical, 0.5-1 mm long, the lobes deltoid, hyaline, 0.25-0.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes like those of the rest of the inflorescence, minutely papillose on the tips of the lobes; corolla white, 6-8 mm diam., lobed ca. 3/4 of the way to the base, the lobes reflexed at anthesis, the tips and margins of the lobes minutely papillose; anthers 1.5-2 x 0.75-1 mm, poricidal at the tips, the terminal 0.05 mm paler and thickened, the pores teardrop shaped; free portion of the filaments 0.25-0.3 mm long, the filament tube 0.25-0.3 mm long; ovary glabrous; style straight, 3.5-5 mm long; stigma clavate and bilobed, minutely papillose. Fruit a globose, green berry, 0.6-1 cm diam. (immature); fruiting pedicels deflexed, woody, 2-2.5 cm long, 0.5-0.75 mm diam. at the base. Seeds not known. Chromosome number not known.
Species Description - Shrubs to 1.5 m tall; young stems pubescent with uniseriate curly-tipped trichomes ca. 0.5 mm long, not winged from the leaf bases; older stems glabrate, the bark grayish-green. Sympodial units unifoliate. Leaves elliptic, widest at or just below the middle, glabrous and shining above, glabrous or pubescent along the veins beneath, 9.2-18 x 3-6.5 cm, with 7-9 pairs of main lateral veins, these raised and joined in a series of prominent arches above, prominent and reddish beneath, the apex acute, the base acute, slightly decurrent on the petiole; petiole 4-8 mm long. Inflorescences opposite the leaves, simple, 0.8-3 cm long, 5-8-flowered, sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes like those of the stems; pedicel scars unevenly spaced 0.52 mm apart, raised from the inflorescence axis. Buds globose when young, later ellipsoid with the exsertion of the corolla. Pedicels at anthesis deflexed, filiform, 0.8-1 cm long, tapering from the calyx tube to a slender base ca. 0.25 mm diam., sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes. Flowers with the calyx tube broadly conical, 0.5-1 mm long, the lobes deltoid, hyaline, 0.25-0.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent with uniseriate trichomes like those of the rest of the inflorescence, minutely papillose on the tips of the lobes; corolla white, 6-8 mm diam., lobed ca. 3/4 of the way to the base, the lobes reflexed at anthesis, the tips and margins of the lobes minutely papillose; anthers 1.5-2 x 0.75-1 mm, poricidal at the tips, the terminal 0.05 mm paler and thickened, the pores teardrop shaped; free portion of the filaments 0.25-0.3 mm long, the filament tube 0.25-0.3 mm long; ovary glabrous; style straight, 3.5-5 mm long; stigma clavate and bilobed, minutely papillose. Fruit a globose, green berry, 0.6-1 cm diam. (immature); fruiting pedicels deflexed, woody, 2-2.5 cm long, 0.5-0.75 mm diam. at the base. Seeds not known. Chromosome number not known.
Discussion:
Solanum capillipes is extremely similar to and probably closely related to S. valerianum of lowland western Costa Rica and Panama, sharing with that species long, curly-tipped trichomes. Solanum capillipes differs from S. valerianum in its somewhat less membranous, shiny leaves, longer inflorescences, shorter stem pubescence, and larger flowers.
Solanum capillipes is extremely similar to and probably closely related to S. valerianum of lowland western Costa Rica and Panama, sharing with that species long, curly-tipped trichomes. Solanum capillipes differs from S. valerianum in its somewhat less membranous, shiny leaves, longer inflorescences, shorter stem pubescence, and larger flowers.
Distribution:
Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America|
Venezuela South America| Sucre Venezuela South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America|