Solanum cyathophorum M.Nee & Farruggia
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Filed As
Solanaceae
Solanum cyathophorum M.Nee & Farruggia -
Collector(s)
M. H. Nee 34851, 15 Apr 1987
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Location
Brazil. Rondônia. Porto Velho Mun. Along hwy. BR 364, 16 km. ENE of junction with hwy. BR 325, 19 km. (by air) ESE of Abuna. [In the field book of M. Nee's the hwy BR 325 of this locality was corrected to BR 425] (McNee's personal communication, 2010).
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Habitat
Medium tall tropical evergreen forest, flat, the soil clay-silt. With Phenakospermum guayanense, Scheelea, Orbignya phalerata. Not common.
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Description
Shrub to small tree. Corolla blue-purple, identical in color to the more common S. crinitum Lam. found here, but slightly smaller and more stellate in shape. Flowers faintly fragrant; anthers yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
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Notes (shown on label)
This species seems not common and more a species of natural forest edges than S. crinitum which inhabits man-made roadsides and pastures.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 00700802
Occurrence ID: b8858689-caf9-4035-bf86-5aa90055139e
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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
Solanum cyathophorum M.Nee & Farruggia det F. T. Farruggia, 2011
Solanum altissimum Benítez det M. H. Nee, 1989
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Region
South America
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Country
Brazil
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State/Province
Rondônia
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County/Municipio
Porto Velho Mun.
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Locality
Along hwy. BR 364, 16 km. ENE of junction with hwy. BR 325, 19 km. (by air) ESE of Abuna. [In the field book of M. Nee's the hwy BR 325 of this locality was corrected to BR 425] (McNee's personal communication, 2010).
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Elevation
Alt. 140 m. (459 ft.)
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Coordinates
-9.73, -65.18
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Distribution
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Solanum cyathophorum M.Nee & Farruggia