Jaltomata tlaxcala, a new species of the genus Jaltomata (Solanaceae, Solanoideae, Solaneae) Author Flores-Sánchez, Ignacio Darío 0000-0003-3425-7480 Postgraduate in Edaphology, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico-Texcoco Highway, km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco 56264, Mexico flores.ignacio@colpos.mx Author Sandoval-Villa, Manuel 0000-0002-0228-0734 Postgraduate in Edaphology, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico-Texcoco Highway, km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco 56264, Mexico smanuel@colpos.mx Author Uscanga-Mortera, Ebandro 0000-0002-8951-8724 Postgraduate in Botany, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico-Texcoco Highway, km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco 56264, Mexico uscanga@colpos.mx Author Silva-Rojas, Hilda Victoria 0000-0002-9567-0861 Postgraduate in Seeds Production, Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico-Texcoco Highway, km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco 56264, Mexico hsilva@colpos.mx text Phytotaxa 2024 2024-03-18 641 2 85 98 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.641.2.1 journal article 301794 10.11646/phytotaxa.641.2.1 cdef8b2e-0156-48d3-8677-2aedc3d21bae 1179-3163 13213804

TABLE 3. Main differences between characteristics of the species Jaltomata procumbens, J. bohsiana and J. tlaxcala, former J. procumbens decumbent (Jpd).

Specimens
Characteristics	J. procumbens (Cav.) J.L. Gentry (Mione, pers. comm. 2019)	J. bohsiana (Mione & D.M. Spooner)	J. tlaxcala
Height and growth habit	Herbaceous, erect to procumbent of up to 1.8 m height.	Erect of 0.6 to 0.9 m height.	Prostrate or decumbent of 0.34 to 0.47 m height.
Leaf	Alternate, margin entire to dentate, winged petioles of up to 4.5 cm.	Alternate, margin entire to slightly undulate of up to 3.3 cm.	Subalternates, margin sinuate, of 6.3 to 9.6 cm long, slightly winged petioles of 0.79–2.7 cm long.
Inflorescence	To 18 flowers	Of 5 to 7 flowers	Of 2 to 3 flowers
Pedicel	Pedicel with longitudinal elevated ridges	Angled pedicel	Subterete or almost terete
			Calyx marcescent green, at the base purple, in
			fruiting the lobes yellow, and gradually disappears
	In flowering the main veins of the		the purple colour of the base present in flowering,
	abaxial face, with green or green with		yellow in the fall or senescence of the fruit; in ripe
	purple colour; in ripe fruit green to	Recurved and concave in transverse	fruit, the calyx is light green and increases in size
Calyx	purple, plane to reflexed and showing the	section, purple, and dark on the top of	with a yellow border on the lobes, once the fruit is
	fruit on lateral view, or bowl-like on the	lobes on upper surface.	detached the calyx remains on the plant and takes
	fruit, partially hiding the fruit on lateral		on a light green to yellow colouring. At fruiting
	view.		stage, the calyx covers about half of the fruit with
			the tips of the lobes raised, at maximum fruit size
			the calyx covers the upper part of the fruit.
Corolla	Pale green, light green	Pale green	Pale yellow and dark green flower base, giving the overall appearance of a ring.
Androecium	Stamens of 4.5 to 7 mm length. Anthers of 1.6 to 2.8 mm length.	Stamens of 3 to 7 mm length.Anthers of 1.7 to 2 mm length.	Stamens of 5.48 to 7.09 mm. Anthers of 1.5 to 2.2 mm length.
Gynoecium	Stigma capitate.	Stigma capitate.	Stigma discoid.
			Pale green when ripe, with few dark green or
Fruit	Black or dark purple colour when ripe. 9.7 × 17 mm size.	Dark bright colour when ripe. 6 × 8–9 × 11 mm size when fresh.	purple vertical lines, with a slight purple spot on one side of the fruit. 11.9–15.0 × 11.8–14.7 ×
			9.5–11.3 mm size.
Seed	Ovate to reniform. With 4 to 198 seeds, length, width and thickness of seed 1.46, 1.29, and 0.52 mm, respectively.	Ovate to sub-triangle, alveolate. Numerous seeds, length, width and thickness of seed 1.30, 0.98, and 0.38 mm, respectively.	Oblate form. With 36 to 162 seeds, length, width and thickness of seed 1.68, 1.51, and 0.51 mm, respectively.