''Jaltomata'' is a genus of plants in the family
Solanaceae. According to molecular phylogenies, ''Jaltomata'' is the sister genus to ''
Solanum
''Solanum'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, which include three food crops of high economic importance: the potato, the tomato and the eggplant (aubergine, brinjal). It is the largest genus in the nightshade family Solanaceae ...
'', which includes tomato, potato, and eggplant. ''Jaltomata'' has a neotropical distribution, in that species occur from the United States southwest through Latin America, and into the Andean region of South America. Species encompass a wide range of vegetative and reproductive trait variation, including growth habit (trailing herbs, erect herbs, and woody shrubs), floral size, shape and color, as well as fruit size and color. The fruits of some of the species are eaten by humans in Latin and South America. Depending on the species, fruits may be red, green, orange, or dark purple.
[Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae), Thomas Mione, Central Connecticut State University](_blank)
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Etymology
The name comes from ''xāltomatl'', lit. "sand tomato", the Nahuatl (Aztec) name for the species '' Jaltomata procumbens'' (earlier ''Saracha jaltomata''). The Nahuatl ''X'' is pronounced like an English ''SH'', but when borrowed into Mexican Spanish and spelled ''J'', the pronunciation is like an English ''H''. Both Mexican and US American botanists pronounce the ''J'' this way.
Species
Currently accepted species:
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*'' Jaltomata andersonii'' T. Mione
*'' Jaltomata antillana'' (Krug & Urb.) D'Arcy
*'' Jaltomata aspera'' (Ruiz & Pav.) T. Mione & F. G. Coe
*'' Jaltomata atiquipa'' Mione & S. Leiva G.
*'' Jaltomata auriculata'' (Miers) Mione
*'' Jaltomata aypatensis'' S. Leiva, Mione & Quipuscoa
*'' Jaltomata bernardelloana'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata bicolor'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Mione
*'' Jaltomata biflora'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Benítez
*'' Jaltomata bohsiana'' Mione & D.M. Spooner
*'' Jaltomata cajacayensis'' S. Leiva & T. Mione
*'' Jaltomata cajamarca'' T. Mione
*'' Jaltomata calliantha'' S. Leiva & T. Mione
*'' Jaltomata chihuahuensis'' (Bitter) Mione & Bye
*'' Jaltomata confinis'' (C.V. Morton) J.L. Gentry
*'' Jaltomata contorta'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Mione
*'' Jaltomata cuyasensis'' S. Leiva, Quipuscoa & Sawyer
*'' Jaltomata dendroidea'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata dentata'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Benitez
*'' Jaltomata diversa'' (J.F. Macbr.) Mione
*'' Jaltomata grandiflora'' (B.L. Rob. & Greenm.) D'Arcy, Mione & Davis
*'' Jaltomata grandibaccata'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata herrerae'' (C.V. Morton) Mione
*'' Jaltomata incahuasina'' Mione & S. Leiva
*'' Jaltomata leivae'' Mione
*'' Jaltomata lezamae'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata lojae'' Mione
*'' Jaltomata mionei'' S. Leiva & Quipuscoa
*'' Jaltomata neei'' Mione & S. Leiva
*'' Jaltomata nigricolor'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata nitida'' (Bitter) Mione
*'' Jaltomata paneroi'' Mione & S. Leiva
*'' Jaltomata procumbens'' (Cav.) J.L.Gentry
*'' Jaltomata propinqua'' (Miers) Mione & M. Nee
*'' Jaltomata quipuscoae'' Mione & S. Leiva
*'' Jaltomata repandidentata'' (Dunal) Hunz.
*'' Jaltomata sagastegui'' Mione
*'' Jaltomata salpoensis'' S. Leiva & Mione
*'' Jaltomata sanctae-martae'' Benitez
*'' Jaltomata sinuosa'' (Miers) Mione
*'' Jaltomata umbellata'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Mione & M. Nee
*'' Jaltomata ventricosa'' (Baker) Mione
*'' Jaltomata viridiflora'' (Kunth) M. Nee & Mione
*'' Jaltomata weberbaueri'' (Dammer) T. Mione & F. G. Coe
*'' Jaltomata werffii'' D'Arcy
*'' Jaltomata yacheri'' Mione & S. Leiva
*'' Jaltomata yungayensis'' Mione & S. Leiva
References
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Solanaceae genera
Edible plants