Solanum semotum M.Nee

  • Filed As

    Solanaceae
    Solanum semotum M.Nee

  • Collector(s)

    M. H. Nee 34407, 16 Mar 1987

  • Location

    Brazil. Rondônia. Ariquemes Mun. Ca. 5 km NW of center of Ariquemes, vicinity of airport.

  • Habitat

    Tall tropical evergreen forest, flat.

  • Description

    Shrub or small tree 7 m. tall, 7 cm. in diam.; bark greenish tan with prominent lenticels. Crushed foliage not fetid; leaves light green, tomentose, very much lighter below. Inflorescence slightly fetid; flowers lightly but not very pleasantly fragrant, with face held vertically, or nodding; corolla violet; anthers yellow. Fruit green, erect but not strictly so. Some plants here with white corollas and the leaves less whitish tomentose, but does not seem to intergrade with no. 34410, the other species of S. sect. Brevantherum here. Phenology of specimen: Flower, Fruit.

  • Specimen Notes

    Voucher for wood specimen, MADw 46051.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00700396

    Occurrence ID: e9cf257c-e68a-45e6-a71b-8c9f98e4151a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Solanales

  • Family

    Solanaceae

  • All Determinations

    Solanum semotum M.Nee det M. H. Nee, 1990
    Note: type

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Rondônia

  • County/Municipio

    Ariquemes Mun.

  • Locality

    Ca. 5 km NW of center of Ariquemes, vicinity of airport.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -9.92, -63.05

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