Solanum catilliflorum

Solanum catilliflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Solanaceae
Genus:	Solanum
Species:	S. catilliflorum
Binomial name
	Solanum catilliflorum; Anderson et al., 2006

Solanum catilliflorum is an evergreen vine in the family Solanaceae.^[1] It is endemic to Peru, and is a close relative of Solanum muricatum, the domesticated pepino. It bears small, dish-shaped flowers (thus named catilli-florum: Latin for "dish" and "flower") and is self-compatible and autogamous, with short styles like those that characterize all self-compatible species in this group. It also has a low pollen:ovule ratio, which is characteristic of self-compatible species in the group. It is diploid at n = 12. Together with Solanum perlongistylum, it might be an allopatric variant of S. caripense.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Anderson, G. J.; Martine, C. T.; Prohens, J.; Nuez, F. (2006). "Solanum Perlongistylum and S. Catilliflorum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, Are Close Relatives of the Domesticated Pepino, S. Muricatum". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 16 (2): 161–7. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[161:SPASCN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1055-3177.

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[AndersonMartine2006-1] Anderson, G. J.; Martine, C. T.; Prohens, J.; Nuez, F. (2006). "Solanum Perlongistylum and S. Catilliflorum, New Endemic Peruvian Species of Solanum, Section Basarthrum, Are Close Relatives of the Domesticated Pepino, S. Muricatum". Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature. 16 (2): 161–7. doi:10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[161:SPASCN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1055-3177.

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