Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy

Flowers grown in greenhouse at
UC Berkeley.
Harvested:
1^3
A Revision of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae
(UC) UC Berkeley/ (XAL) Institute de Ecologia, Xalapa
Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baillon) Bitter
Mexico: State of Mexico; Mpio. Ixtapan de la Sal; 2 rd km NE of the NE gates of the town of
Ixtapan de la Sal, along hwy 55 (to Toluca). Old logging rd on W side of hwy goes into
disturbed forest along a drainage. 6000 ft.
Moist Acacia-Juniperus forest with Verbena, Solanum spp., Eupatorium, Galium, and
Lantana. Plants growing along the many small footpaths that wind through the forest.
Abundant in shade right by drainage. Soil pinkish white in eroded places, rich litter in forest.
Plants common, but with a patchy distribution, clumps of plants together. In shade, plants can
be 4 ft tall, drooped over, main stem elongate, branched at top. In sun, plants are short and
highly branched., often sterile, but some with many fruit, especially near drainage. Immature
fruit green, turning grey blue, then purple black, falling from calyx easily. Many empty calyces.
Ellen Dean 310	2 Nov 1991
with Thomas Starbuck
Fieldwork supported by grants and fellowships from:
the National Science Foundation, Explorer's Club/. Sigma Xi, Hardman Foundation, Tinker
Foundation, and UC Berkeley
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