Solanum americanum var. odishensis Kalidass &amp; P. Murugan 2016, var. nov.
Creators: name: Plant Taxon, Bangladesh J.
name: Murugan, P.
name: Kalidass, C.
name: Panda, P. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Solanum
Solanum americanum
Solanum americanum mill. var. odishensis kalidass &amp; p. murugan

description: <b>Solanum americanum</b> Mill. var. <b>odishensis</b> Kalidass &amp; P. Murugan, <b>var. nov. (Fig. 1).</b> <b>Diagnosis:</b> <i>Solanum americanum</i> var. <i>odishensis</i> is closely allied to <i>Solanum americanum</i> Mill., but differs from it in having prickly angular stem, inflorescence 5-8 flowered, style erect, densely villous in middle and curved at apex. <i>Type</i>: INDIA, Odisha: Kandhamal District, G. Udayagiri Forest range, 14 July 2015, 20&amp;ring;07'204''N, 084&amp;ring;22'187''E, ± 658m, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18021 (<i>Holotype</i>: CAL!, <i>Isotypes</i>: MH!, RPRC!). Erect annual herbs, 100-130 cm high. Stem 4-angular with prickles, branched, pubescentglabrescent; branches ascending. Leaves simple, alternate or sub-opposite, ovate or ovatelanceolate, 4-9×3-5 cm, cuneate or obtuse at base, margin entire to sinuate or sinuate-dentate, acute or acuminate at apex, pale beneath, glabrous or pubescent on both surfaces; lateral nerves 4- 6 pairs; petioles 2-3 cm long, flat or terete. Inflorescence axillary or extra-axillary, umbellate or sub-umbellate cymes, 5-8 flowered. Flowers 3-5 mm long, creamy white; peduncle 2-3 cm long, slender, glabrous or pubescent; pedicels 8-10 mm long, slender, glabrous. Calyx 5-lobed, valvate,1.5 mm in diameter, base united; calyx-lobes deltoid, each lobe less than 1 mm long, green, pubescent, margin ciliate, reflexed away from mature berries, persistent. Corolla valvate, 5- lobed, 2-3 mm in diameter, star-like, base united; lobes ovate or lanceolate 2.5 mm long, reflexed, margin ciliate. Stamens 5, epipetalous; anthers lanceolate, 1 mm long, yellow, dithecus, basifixed and dehisces apically; filament c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary globose, c. 0.8 mm long, glabrous; style less than 1.5 mm long, filiform, densely villous in the middle, curved at apex; stigma capitate, green. Berries globose, 5-8 mm in diameter black or dull black when ripe, glossy. Seeds 10-30, ovate or orbicular, 1.0-1.5 mm long, brownish-white, compressed. <i>Flowering and fruiting</i>: May - September. 1 Corresponding author. Email: kalidassindia@gmail.com <i>Etymology</i>: <i>Solanum americanum</i> var. <i>odishensis</i> is named after the state Odisha, one of plant diversity zones in Eastern Ghats, India. <i>Distribution</i>: The new variety in distributed in the Odisha state of India as an Eastern Ghats element. <i>Habitat</i>: <i>Solanum americanum</i> var. <i>odishensis</i> is found to grow in open scrub forest, usually near water courses and shady localities. It grows along with <i>Lantana camara</i> L., <i>Sida acuta</i> Burm. f., <i>Sesamum indicum</i> L., <i>Solanum torvum</i> Sw., <i>Albizia lebbeck</i> (L.) Benth., <i>Neolamarckia cadamba</i> (Roxb.) Bosser. <i>Paratypes</i>: INDIA, Odisha state, Kandhamal District, Paburia, 20&amp;ring;09'308''N, 084&amp;ring;15'339''E and Alt. ±681 MSL; 14.07.2015, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18024 (RPRC) Kalinga Ghat, 20&amp;ring;09'867''N, 084&amp;ring;24'870''E and Alt. ±737 MSL; 15.07.2015, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18027 (RPRC) Ganjam District, Sikulipadara, 19&amp;ring;24'086''N, 084&amp;ring;20'372''E and Alt. ±594 MSL; 19.08.2015, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18045 (RPRC) Gajapati District, Parlakhemundi, Jajpur, 18&amp;ring;47'630''N 084&amp;ring;07'230''E and Alt. ±71 MSL; 21.08.2015, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18067 (RPRC) Ganjam District, Taptapani, 19&amp;ring;29'126''N, 084&amp;ring;23'660''E and Alt. ±439 MSL; 22.08.2015, <i>Kalidass</i> &amp; <i>Murugan</i> 18087 (RPRC).
description: Published as part of <i>Plant Taxon, Bangladesh J., Murugan, P., Kalidass, C. &amp; Panda, P. C., 2016, A New Variety Of Solanum Americanum Mill. (Solanaceae), From Eastern Ghats, India, pp. 83-85 in Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxononomy 23 (1)</i> on pages 83-85, DOI: 10.3329/bjpt.v23i1.28350, http://zenodo.org/record/6330797