Solanum absconditum Agra
, Syst. Bot. 33(3): 556 (-558, 563-564; figs. 1, 5) (2008).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448928-2
- Publication
- Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Collation
- 33(3): 556 (-558, 563-564; figs. 1, 5)
- Date of Publication
- 22 Aug 2008
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Solanaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- M. F. Agra & E. Forero 4176
- Locality
- Mun. Barbalha, estrada do Barreiro Grande para Caririzinho
- Collection Date
- 29 Aug 1997
- Type Herbaria
- holotype JPB
isotype MO
isotype NY - Distribution Of Types
- Ceará (Brazil, Southern America)
Remarks
Solanum absconditum, from northeastern and northern Brazil, is similar to S. paludosum. It differs in its cordate to cordate-lanceolate, acuminate, and weakly bicolorous leaf blades that are yellowish to ferruginous above, the corolla tube 4–6 mm long, and the epicarp with stipitate-stellate trichomes. (vide abstract). Etymology: The specific epithet, meaning hidden, refers to the oldest collection of this species (Spruce 3), which was erroneously filed with specimens of Solanum martinisi Van Heurck & Müll.Arg. for more than 150 yr.