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Corresponding author: Juan David Tovar ( judato89@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Sandy Knapp
© 2022 Juan David Tovar, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin.
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Tovar JD, Giacomin LL (2022) A new species and new records of Solanum (Solanaceae) from Colombia. PhytoKeys 195: 63-73. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.195.78832
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We describe a new species of the Geminata clade of Solanum from Colombia and provide new distributional records for two additional Solanum species, recorded here for the first time in Colombia. Solanum bohsii J.D. Tovar, sp. nov. is morphologically similar to S. chlamydogynum Bitter from Venezuela of the Solanum sessile species group (Geminata clade). These two species can be distinguished by trichome morphology, as well as colour and density of the indumentum. In addition, we report new range expansions into Colombia for two species: S. tanysepalum S.Knapp (Geminata clade) known previously only from Venezuela and S. verecundum M.Nee (Brevantherum clade) from Ecuador and Peru.
Describimos una nueva especie del clado Geminata de Solanum de Colombia y proveemos nuevos datos de distribución para otras dos especies de Solanum, registradas aqui por primera vez en Colombia. Solanum bohsii J.D. Tovar, sp. nov. es morfológicamente similar con S. chlamydogynum Bitter de Venezuela del grupo de especies de Solanum sessile (Geminata clade). Estas dos especies se diferencian por el tipo de tricomas, color y densidad de su indumento. Además, reportamos nuevos registros de dos especies que expanden sus rangos de distribucion a Colombia: S. tanysepalum S. Knapp (clado Geminata) conocida previamente solo de Venezuela y S. verecundum M. Nee (clado Brevantherum) de Ecuador y Perú.
distribution, nightshades, Solanum clade Brevantherum, Solanum section Geminata, tropical Andes
Andes tropicales, distribución, Solanum clado Brevantherum, Solanum sección Geminata
Solanum L., with ca. 1,250 species, is the largest genus in the Solanaceae and one of the 10 most species-rich genera of flowering plants (
Molecular studies have divided Solanum into 12 major clades (
Here we describe a new species for the Geminata clade and provide new records of two species from the Brevatherum and Geminata clades of Solanum for Colombia with field photos. These discoveries were made during herbarium and fieldwork conducted for a broader phylogenetic study of the Geminata clade. The discovery of the new species from the Geminata clade is not surprising considering members of this clade have an intricate taxonomy due to similar morphology (
We examined specimens from the FAUC, HUA, HUQ and JBB Herbaria (acronyms from Index Herbariorum; http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih). For the new species here described, duplicates of paratypes are still awaiting distribution to other countries. Descriptions are based on field observations and herbarium specimens. Preliminary conservation status assessments were done using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria (
Like Solanum chlamydogynum Bitter, but with a translucent indumentum of unbranched or, at most, furcate trichomes restricted to the veins of the leaves (vs. dendritic, more abundant and ochraceous in S. chlamydogynum), cucullate calyx lobes (vs. non-cucullate in S. chlamydogynum) and glabrous ovaries (vs. densely pubescent in S. chlamydogynum).
Colombia. Risaralda: Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral, 4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2100 m elev., 15 Nov 2020 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 484 (holotype: FAUC [FAUC36396]; isotypes: COL, FMB, HUA).
Shrubs or small trees, 2–7 m tall; stems winged, greenish-brown when young, turning brown with age, young stems pubescent with translucent simple or furcate 4–8-cellular trichomes. Sympodial units difoliate and geminate, leaves ovate to obovate, glabrous adaxially or with translucent trichomes along the mid-rib and secondary veins like those on stem, abaxially pubescent with trichomes in the mid-rib and along the secondary and tertiary veins; major leaves 18–35 (45) × 12–16 cm, with 12–15 pairs of main lateral veins, these often strongly parallel, the apex acute, base oblique and decurrent on to petiole; petioles 1–2 cm long, pubescent with translucent trichomes, like those on stem; minor leaves differing only in size, not in shape, 8–9.5 × 4–5 cm, with 6–9 pairs of main lateral veins, adaxially and abaxially pubescent along the mid-rib and main lateral veins like those on stem, the apex acute or rounded, base oblique and decurrent on to petiole; petiole 0.5.-0.7 cm long, pubescent with translucent trichomes, like those on stem. Inflorescences leaf-opposed, forked and erect, 20–50 flowered, peduncles 1.5–2.5 cm, with unbranched and uniseriate trichomes, like those on stem, pedicel scars densely spaced, not overlapping, pedicels 0.5–1 cm long, deflexed, thickened at the apex and purple in live plants. Buds globose, with the corolla strongly exserted from the calyx tube prior to anthesis. Flowers 5–6-merous, all perfect; calyx tube cyathiform, 2–3 mm long, the lobes deltoid abruptly reduced and hooded at the apex, 1.5–2 × 1.8–2.2 mm, abaxially glabrous or densely pubescent with trichomes like those of the young stem and with a tuft of hairs at apex; corolla 1.5–2 cm in diameter, white, fleshy, lobed ca. ¾ of the way to the base, the lobes 0.7–0.9 × 3–4 mm spreading or deflexed at anthesis, glabrous and cucullate at the tips; anthers 4–6 × 1.2–1.7 mm, poricidal at the tips, sagittate at the base; free portion of the filaments 0.2–1.2 mm long; ovary glabrous; style 0.5–0.7 mm long, terete, glabrous, stigma capitate, light green in live plants. Fruit a globose green berry, 1–1.2 cm in diameter, glabrescent or with a few scattered trichomes like those on stem and an apical scar, green at maturity; fruiting pedicels 1.5–2 cm long, erect, woody and somewhat rugose, distally enlarged, the calyx constricted and with lobes woody in fruit. Seeds ca. 80 per fruit, 2.5–3.5 × 2–2.5 mm, flattened-reniform, greyish when dry, the margins incrassate, the surfaces minutely pitted. Chromosome number not known.
Solanum bohsii is known only from three localities in the western slopes of the central Andean cordillera in Colombia in the Departments of Caldas, Quindio and Risaralda (Fig.
According to the collections studied, S. bohsii produces flowers and fruits throughout the year.
The specific epithet honours Lynn Bohs, an American botanist and expert in the Solanaceae family, who has made great contributions to the understanding of systematics and evolution of the genus Solanum over the last 30 years.
Endangered [EOO (100 km2) and AOO (12 km2)]. We assign S. bohsii a preliminary IUCN Red List status of endangered (EN), based on assessment criteria B2 a, b (i,ii,iv) (
According to its morphology, S. bohsii is a member of the Solanum sessile species group (sensu
Solanum bohsii has distinctive mature fruits in dry material with a network-like pericarp, resembling the venation of leaves. From the other species in the Solanum sessile species group, it is easily recognised either by the pubescence, the winged stems, the large leaves or the large flowers with cucullate lobes (see
Colombia. Caldas: Municipio de Neira, antigua fábrica de cementos Caldas, 2,026 m elev., 7 Jul 2001 (fl, fr), Camilo Rivera, Andres Castellanos, C. Arbelaez & W. Acosta 8 (FAUC). Quindío: Municipio de Salento, bosque frente al molino, 1,900–2,000 m elev., 9 May 1997 (fl, fr), W. Vargas 3820 (HUQ). Risaralda: Municipio de Pereira, cerca de la entrada del Parque Regional Ucumari, 1,800 m elev., 10 Aug 2014 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 114 (JBB); Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral, 4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2,100 m elev., 15 Nov 2020 (fl), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 481 (FAUC); Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral, 4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2,100 m elev., 15 November 2020 (fl), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 482 (FAUC); Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral,4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2,100 m elev., 15 Nov 2020 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 483 (FAUC); Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral,4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2,100 m elev., 15 Nov 2020 (fl), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 485 (FAUC); Municipio de Pereira, Parque Regional Natural Ucumari, sector el cedral,4°42'16"N, 75°32'20"W, 2,100 m elev., 15 Nov 2020 (fr), J.D. Tovar & A.F. Bohorquez 486 (FAUC). Municipio de Pereira, Santuario de flora y fauna Otún Quimbaya, 12 Feb 2016 (fl, fr). A. Orejuela et al. 2630 (JBB); Municipio de Pereira, Reserva Natural Ucumari, La Pastora, camino a Ceylan, 5°06'47"N, 75°53'16"W, 2,300 m elev., 30 Jul 2006 (fl, fr), F.J. Roldan et al. 4010 (HUA); Municipio de Pereira, Valle del río Otún, Parque Regional Ucumari, El Cedral, 4°02"N, 79°31'W, 1,980–2,000 m elev., 20 Feb 1990 (fl, fr), T.B. Croat & M.P. Galeano 70797 (HUA, MO).
Venezuela. Aragua: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Portachuelo to Pico Periquito trail, W of Estación Biológica Rancho Grande, premontane to montane rainforest, 1,100–1,400 m elev., 10°21'N, 67°42'W, 22 Oct 1984, S. Knapp & J. Mallet 6856 (holotype: MY; isotypes: BH, F! photo, K!, MO! photo, NY! photo, US! photo, VEN).
Solanum tanysepalum (Fig.
Colombia. Huila: Municipio de La Plata, reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N, 76°06'39.9"W, 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl,fr), J.D. Tovar 446 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata, reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N, 76°06'39.9"W, 2300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 447 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata, reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N, 76°06'39.9"W, 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 448 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata, reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N, 76°06'39.9"W, 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 449 (JBB). Magdalena: Sierra nevada de Santa Marta, in forest N of finca Cecilia, quebrada Indiana, 10°59'N, 73°58'W, 1,820 m elev., 31 Aug 1972 (fr), J.H. Kirkbride Jr. 2021 (NY).
Ecuador. Sucumbios: El Salado, colecciones en el sendero a la finca del Sr.
Segundo Pacheco, 1,400 m elev., 13 October 1990, J. Jaramillo, E. Grijalva & M. Grijalva 13285 (holotype: QCA!; isotype: NY! [00381798]).
Solanum verecundum (Fig.
Colombia. Caldas: Municipio de Villamaria, ruta del condor, carretera entre la Telaraña y La Guyana, 4°57'18.5"N, 75°30’03.3"W, 2,000 m elev., 29 Nov 2021 (fl,fr), J.D. Tovar & M.A. Buitrago 487 (FAUC). Quindio: Municipio de Génova, por la trocha que conduce a Pijao, camino al Cedral, 1,800 m elev., 11 Feb 2016 (fr), A. Orejuela et al. 2627 (JBB); Municipio de Génova, vereda La Esmeralda, borde de carretera, 1,750 m elev., 8 Jan 1993 (fr), C.A. Lopez 61 (HUQ). Valle del Cauca: Márgenes del río Bugalagrande, Calamar, 1,680 m elev., 28 Mar 1946 (fr), J. Cuatrecasas 20500 (F).
We thank Victor Hugo Grande, Mario Tovar and Andres Felipe Bohorquez for field assistance and the reviewers, as well as Sandy Knapp, for their valuable contributions to the manuscript. We also would like to thank the curators of the cited herbaria for allowing us to study material at each collection.
This work was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and the Programa de Desenvolvimento da Pós-Graduação (PDPG) na Amazônia Legal as a PhD fellowship to JDT and by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (student grant to JDT). LLG is funded by CNPq (427198/2016-0 and 422191/2021-3) and UFOPA/ICTA/Pipex 01/2021. Publication fees was supported by UFOPA/PROPPIT.