%0 Journal Article
%T A new species of Solanum (Solanaceae) from South Africa related to the cultivated eggplant
%A Maria Vorontsova
%A Sandra Knapp
%J PhytoKeys
%D 2012
%I Pensoft Publishers
%R 10.3897/phytokeys.8.2462
%X A new andromonoecious species related to the eggplant and belonging to Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum from southern Africa is described. Solanum umtuma Voronts. & S.Knapp, sp. nov. is found in the eastern part of South Africa, and is sympatric with its close relative S. linnaeanum Hepper & P.M-L.Jaeger. It is morphologically very similar to S. cerasiferum Dunal of northern tropical Africa. A comparison table with similar and closely related species is provided, as are a distribution map and illustration of S. umtuma.
%K Africa
%K andromonoecy
%K eggplant
%K endemic
%K South Africa
%K ˇ°spiny solanumˇ±
%U http://www.pensoft.net/journals/phytokeys/article/2462/