Solanum jobsonii, a novel andromonoecious bush tomato species from a new Australian national park.

ABSTRACT: A new species of Solanum from the Australian "andromonoecious bush tomato clade" of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum is described. Solanum jobsonii Martine, J.Cantley, & L.M.Lacey, sp. nov. is part of the S. eburneum Symon species group. It most closely resembles S. eburneum and S. watneyi Martine & Frawley of the northwestern part of the Northern Territory, but is separated geographically from them by the Sturt Plateau. Morphometric analyses show that S. jobsonii differs statistically from S. eburneum, S. watneyi, and S. diversiflorum F.Muell. - a similar species in habit and leaf characters - in several key reproductive and vegetative characters. We provide morphometric evidence for the recognition of S. jobsonii,

SUBMITTER: Lacey LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5543266 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature