Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy

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    Solanaceae
    Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy

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    NY Barcode: 1424476

    Occurrence ID: 49b39f1f-b721-4c37-85f0-8666c8947a64

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Grown in greenhouse at UC Berkeley.
Harvested: 2.X A/5
A Revision of Lycianthes series Meizonodontae
(UC) UC Berkeley/ (XAL) Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa
Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baillon) Bitter
Mexico: State of Jalisco; Mpio. El Tuito; about 3 rd mi N of El Tuito along hwy 200.
Footpath enters woods above a running river on W side of hwy. 2400 ft.
Open oak forest with a few pines. Granite area, small moist drainage, moister than other
drainages we inspected. With orchids, bromeliads, Melastomataceae, Peperomia, and fems.
Soil covered by a lot of oak duff. Plants rare, found only in this one drainage. Perennial herb
from small storage roots. The roots are just balls of tissue. A few plants with bright blue, long,
pointed fruits, a few curved. Most plants sterile.
Ellen Dean 332	27 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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