Solanum anamatophilum
2n = 2x = 24 voucher: Ochoa 13231 (CIP) (Hijmans, et al. 2007)
Central Peru (Dept. Ancash), in xerophytic habitats, on poor rocky soils, among cactus and bromeliads, 1720-2800 m in elevation.
Solanum anamatophilum is a member of Solanum sect. Petota Dumort., the tuber-bearing cultivated and wild potatoes. On a higher taxonomic level, it is a member of the informally-named Potato Clade, a group of perhaps 200-300 species that also includes the tomato and its wild relatives (Bohs, 2005).
Ochoa, C.M. 1999. Las papas de Sudamerica: Perú.
Centro International de La Papa (CIP), Lima, Perú.
Bohs, L. 2005. Major clades in Solanum based on ndhF sequences.
Pp. 27-49 in R. C. Keating, V. C. Hollowell, & T. B. Croat (eds.), A festschrift for William G. D’Arcy: the legacy of a taxonomist. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 104. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Hijmans, R., T. Gavrilenko, S. Stephenson, J. Bamberg, A. Salas & D.M. Spooner 2007. Geographic and environmental range expansion through polyploidy in wild potatoes (Solanum section Petota).
Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 16: 485-495.
Solanum anamatophilum is morphologically similar to S. infundibuliforme in the shape of leaves and leaflets but the two species differ in the plant habit. Solanum infundibuliforme is a rosette plant and S. anamatophilum an erect plant. In addition, S. infundibuliforme is distributed much further to the south in Bolivia and Argentina.