A new tetraploid species of Solanum L. sect. Solanum (Solanaceae) from Tanzania

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: New species · Topics: Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Plant Pathogens and Resistance

Solanum umalilaense Manoko sp. nov. (Solanaceae) is described from the Umalila area, in the southern highlands of Tanzania. Its novelty is supported with both morphological and AFLP data. Phenetic and phylogenetic analyses place S. umalilaense as a unique and well-supported taxon among tetraploid species of Solanum sect. Solanum from Africa. It can be distinguished from other African species by its extremely developed branching, each branch producing many multi-flowered inflorescences, flowers with short calyx lobes and its persistent, small, light yellowish brown fruits.

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