Solanum medusae Gouvêa

Figure 1. Solanummedusae.A Habit B Flowering branch with an immature fruit C Detail of the adaxial leaf surface indumentum D Detail of the abaxial leaf surface indumentum E Trichome types from stems and leaves (Y.F. Gouvêa et al. 230, BHCB). Scale bars: 30 cm (A), 8 cm (B), 0.5 mm (C–E). Drawings by Iago F. Gouvêa.

Figure 2. Solanummedusae. A Habitat B Habit; note the distinctive decumbent posture C Roots; note the horizontal growth D Branch apex; note the deep purple coloration and leaf shape E Inflorescence; note that the first flower is always long-styled (upper left corner: a more developed inflorescence with an immature fruit being formed from its first flower, and short-styled flowers distally, some of which have already fallen) F Long-styled flower (upper right corner: detail of the slightly unequal anthers with stellate-pubescent connectives; bottom right corner: color difference between the purple post-anthesis corollas and the lilac senescent ones) G Fruit (upper left corner: half of a transversally dissected fruit; upper right corner: seed; bottom right corner: dissected embryo). Photographs A, C–G by Y.F. Gouvêa B by Philipe S. Saviott.

Figure 3. Indumentum of Solanummedusae. A–C Variation in young stem indumentum (A: Y.F. Gouvêa 230; B: Y.F. Gouvêa 264; C: Y.F. Gouvêa 262, BHCB) D Adaxial leaf surface epidermis and indumentum E Detail of the simple glandular trichomes of the adaxial surface F Abaxial leaf surface epidermis and indumentum G Detail of the abaxial surface trichome types (D–GY.F. Gouvêa 230, BHCB). Photographs by Y.F. Gouvêa.

Figure 4. Distribution of Solanummedusae.

Figure 5. Distinctive characters of extra-Amazonian species of the Androceras/Crinitum clade. A Stem indumentum of S.crinitum; note the straight bristly stellate trichomes (Y.F. Gouvêa et al. 196, BHCB) B Stem indumentum of S.falciforme; note the falcate stellate trichomes (L.F. Souza 481, BHCB) C Stem indumentum of S.lycocarpum (Y.F. Gouvêa 268, BHCB) D Adaxial leaf surface indumentum of S.lycocarpum (Y.F. Gouvêa 268, BHCB) E Adaxial leaf surface indumentum of S.falciforme (L.F. Souza 481, BHCB) F Adaxial leaf surface indumentum of S.quaesitum (U.M. Resende & V.F. Kinupp 1817, BHCB) G Adaxial leaf surface indumentum of S.crinitum (Y.F. Gouvêa et al. 196, BHCB) H Adaxial leaf surface indumentum of S.gomphodes (L.L. Giacomin et al. 1274, BHCB) I Sessile sagittate leaf bases of S.gomphodes (L.L. Giacomin et al. 1274, BHCB) J Apiculate calyx lobe apices in S.quaesitum; note the extended midribs (U.M. Resende & V.F. Kinupp 1817, BHCB) K Abaxial anther surface of S.quaesitum; note the papillose epidermis sparsely covered by simple glandular trichomes (upper left side: detail of the distinctly swollen epidermis along the connective region; U.M. Resende & V.F. Kinupp 1817, BHCB). Photographs by Y.F. Gouvêa.