title: Two new non-spiny Solanum species from the Bolivian Andes (Morelloid Clade).
abstract: Two new Bolivian species are described from the Morelloid clade of Solanum (section Solanum in the traditional sense). Solanumalliariifolium M.Nee & Särkinen, sp. nov. is found in montane forests between 1,900 and 3,200 m and is morphologically most similar to Solanumleptocaulon Van Heurck & Müll.Arg., also from montane forests in southern Peru and Bolivia. Solanumrhizomatum Särkinen & M.Nee, sp. nov. is found in seasonally dry forests and matorral vegetation in lower elevations between 1,300 and 2,900 m and is most similar to Solanumpygmaeum Cav., a species native to sub-tropical Argentina but introduced in subtropical and temperate areas worldwide.
authors: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors: Tiina
authors: T
authors: Särkinen
authors: Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd, SW7 5BD London, United Kingdom.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Knapp
authors: Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Nee
keywords: Andes tropicales; Bolivia; Clado Morelloid; Morelloid Clade; Solanaceae; SolanumsecciónSolanum; SolanumsectionSolanum; endemism; endemismo; tropical Andes