Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy
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Filed As
Solanaceae
Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 1424476
Occurrence ID: 49b39f1f-b721-4c37-85f0-8666c8947a64
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Solanales
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Family
Solanaceae
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All Determinations
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Location Notes
[Mexico & Central America]
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Distribution
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 01424476
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Lycianthes acapulcensis (Baill.) D'Arcy