Solanum verecundum M.Nee, Kurtziana 28: 137, 2000.

Type.

Ecuador. Sucumbios: El Salado, colecciones en el sendero a la finca del Sr .

Segundo Pacheco, 1,400 m elev., 13 October 1990, J. Jaramillo, E. Grijalva & M. Grijalva 13285 (holotype: QCA!; isotype: NY! [00381798]).

Notes.

Solanum verecundum (Fig. 4b) was previously known from montane forests in Peru and Ecuador (Giacomin 2015). Our new records presented here extend the distribution to Colombia to the Departments of Caldas, Quindio and Valle del Cauca (Fig. 5). The species belongs to the Brevantherum clade and is related to the species traditionally included in section Brevantherum Brevantherum Seithe (Tovar et al. 2021). Solanum verecundum can be easily recognised by the membranaceous leaves, stellate-lepidote trichomes (with partially fused rays) in both leaf surfaces and puberulous orange-coloured fruits at full maturity. More information and a complete description are available at: https://solanaceaesource.myspecies.info/solanaceae/solanum-verecundum

Specimens examined.

Colombia. Caldas: Municipio de Villamaria, ruta del condor, carretera entre la Telaraña y La Guyana, 4°57'18.5"N, 75°30'03.3"W, 2,000 m elev., 29 Nov 2021 (fl,fr), J.D. Tovar & M.A. Buitrago 487 (FAUC) . Quindio: Municipio de Génova, por la trocha que conduce a Pijao, camino al Cedral, 1,800 m elev., 11 Feb 2016 (fr), A. Orejuela et al. 2627 (JBB); Municipio de Genova, vereda La Esmeralda, borde de carretera, 1,750 m elev., 8 Jan 1993 (fr), C.A. Lopez 61 (HUQ) . Valle del Cauca: Márgenes del río Bugalagrande, Calamar, 1,680 m elev., 28 Mar 1946 (fr), J. Cuatrecasas 20500 (F) .