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Solanum evolvulifolium occurs in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru as an epiphyte on tree trunks in rain and cloud forest habitats; (200–)800–2,600 m in elevation.

Solanum evolvulifolium occurs from Costa Rica into northern South America as an epiphyte on tree trunks in rain and cloud forest, 500-2500 m in elevation.

Solanum evolvulifolium occurs from Costa Rica into northern South America as an epiphyte on tree trunks in rain and cloud forest, 500-2500 m in elevation.

Vine, sometimes shrubby, climbing tree trunks or other vegetation. Stems slender, woody, glabrous to densely pubescent, the trichomes typically ca. 1 mm or longer, occasionally in distinct lines along stem.
Sympodial units plurifoliate.
Leaves simple, the arrangement distinctly distichous, the blades 0.5–5 x 0.3–3 cm, 1–3 times as long as wide, ovate to oblong-ovate, chartaceous to coriaceous, sand-punctate, glabrous to densely pubescent on the leaf blade adaxially and abaxially, pubescent on midvein adaxially with hairs 0.2-0.5 mm, discolored, occasionally reddish below; venation pinnate, with 3–4 pairs of secondary veins, the veins densely sand-punctate; base truncate to cordate, often oblique; margins entire to undulate, revolute; apex rounded and apiculate to acute, sometimes acuminate; petioles nearly absent to 0.5 cm, glabrous to densely pubescent, densely sand-punctate. Internodes 0.5–1.5(–3.5) cm.
Inflorescences 1–15 cm long, unbranched, nearly leaf-opposed to extra-axillary, with 2-80 flowers (scars), the axes glabrous to pubescent with simple, uniseriate, curled hairs; peduncle 0.6–1.5 cm; rachis 1–14 cm; pedicels 4–10 mm in flower, green to pink, 10–15 mm in fruit, glabrous to densely pubescent, spaced nearly contiguously to 8 mm apart.
Flowers 5-merous, all perfect. Calyx 1.5–3 mm long, conical, the tube 1–2.5 mm long, the lobes 0.5–1.5 x 0.8–1.5 mm, deltate, rounded and minutely apiculate at tips to acute, the margins somewhat thickened, glabrous to sparsely pubescent along margins, more dense at tips of the lobes, pale green to pink; fruiting calyx minutely accrescent. Corolla 1–2 cm in diameter, 5–8 mm long, stellate, membranous, greenish, white, pink, to bluish-purple, sometimes mottled, the lobes 5–11 x 2–3 mm, lanceolate, acute at apices, glabrous adaxially and abaxially, the margins ciliate. Stamens with filaments ca. 1 mm long, glabrous; anthers 2–3 x 0.8–1.5 mm. Ovary glabrous; style 4–6 x ca. 0.25 mm, cylindrical to somewhat clavate, minutely papillose in lower 2/3; stigma truncate to somewhat capitate.
Fruit a berry, 0.6–1.5 x 0.6–1 cm, globose to ovoid, slightly flattened, rounded to acute at apex, glabrous, red to reddish-brown when ripe.
Seeds 1.5–2 mm in diameter, rounded, tan, the surface rugulose. Trailing vine or shrub, usually epiphytic, rooting at the nodes, often growing on tree trunks. Stems slender, glabrous to densely pubescent with simple, uniseriate, multicellular hairs typically ca. 1 mm or longer, occasionally in distinct lines along stem.
Sympodial units plurifoliate, not geminate.
Leaves simple, 0.5-5 x 0.3-3 cm, ca. 1-3 times as long as wide, ovate to oblong-ovate, with 3-4 pairs of secondary veins, somewhat coriaceous, discolorous, occasionally reddish below, pubescent on midvein adaxially, glabrous to densely pubescent on the leaf blade adaxially and abaxially; leaves distinctly distichous, often diminishing in size along a branch to a point (occasionally a branching point or inflorescence) then increasing in size again; internodes 0.5-1.5(-3.5) cm; base truncate to cordate, often oblique; margin entire to undulate, revolute; apex rounded and apiculate to acute, sometimes acuminate; petioles 0.5-5 mm, glabrous to densely pubescent.
Inflorescences 1-15 x 1-3 cm, nearly leaf-opposed to extra-axillary, unbranched, with 2-80 flowers (scars), the axes glabrous to pubescent with simple, uniseriate, curled hairs; peduncle 0.6-1.5 cm long; rachis 1-14 cm; pedicels 4-10 mm in flower, green to pink, 10-15 mm in fruit, glabrous to densely pubescent, spaced nearly contiguously to 8 mm apart, articulated at base.
Flowers apparently all perfect, 5-merous. Calyx 1.5-3 mm long, conical, pale green to pink, glabrous to sparsely pubescent along margins, more dense at tips of the lobes, the tube 1-2.5 mm long, the lobes 0.5-1.5 x 0.8-1.5 mm, deltate, rounded and minutely apiculate at tips to acute, the margins somewhat thickened; fruiting calyx minutely accrescent. Corolla 1-2 cm in diameter, 5-8 mm long, stellate, chartaceous, greenish to white to pink or purple, the lobes 5-11 x 2-3 mm, acute at apices, glabrous adaxially and abaxially, the margins ciliate. Stamens equal, with filaments ca. 1 mm long, glabrous; anthers 2-3 x 0.8-1.5 mm, oblong, not connivent, yellow, the pores directed distally, opening into longitudinal slits with age. Ovary glabrous; style 4-6 x ca. 0.25 mm, minutely papillose, cylindrical; stigma truncate to somewhat clavate, papillose in lower 2/3.
Fruit 0.6-1.5 x 0.6-1 cm, globose to ovoid, slightly flattened, rounded to acute at apex, glabrous, red-brown when ripe; stone cell aggregates absent.
Seeds 1.5-2 mm in diameter, rounded, tan, the surface rugulose. Trailing vine or shrub, usually epiphytic, rooting at the nodes, often growing on tree trunks. Stems slender, glabrous to densely pubescent with simple, uniseriate, multicellular hairs typically ca. 1 mm or longer, occasionally in distinct lines along stem.
Sympodial units plurifoliate, not geminate.
Leaves simple, 0.5-5 x 0.3-3 cm, ca. 1-3 times as long as wide, ovate to oblong-ovate, with 3-4 pairs of secondary veins, somewhat coriaceous, discolorous, occasionally reddish below, pubescent on midvein adaxially, glabrous to densely pubescent on the leaf blade adaxially and abaxially; leaves distinctly distichous, often diminishing in size along a branch to a point (occasionally a branching point or inflorescence) then increasing in size again; internodes 0.5-1.5(-3.5) cm; base truncate to cordate, often oblique; margin entire to undulate, revolute; apex rounded and apiculate to acute, sometimes acuminate; petioles 0.5-5 mm, glabrous to densely pubescent.
Inflorescences 1-15 x 1-3 cm, nearly leaf-opposed to extra-axillary, unbranched, with 2-80 flowers (scars), the axes glabrous to pubescent with simple, uniseriate, curled hairs; peduncle 0.6-1.5 cm long; rachis 1-14 cm; pedicels 4-10 mm in flower, green to pink, 10-15 mm in fruit, glabrous to densely pubescent, spaced nearly contiguously to 8 mm apart, articulated at base.
Flowers apparently all perfect, 5-merous. Calyx 1.5-3 mm long, conical, pale green to pink, glabrous to sparsely pubescent along margins, more dense at tips of the lobes, the tube 1-2.5 mm long, the lobes 0.5-1.5 x 0.8-1.5 mm, deltate, rounded and minutely apiculate at tips to acute, the margins somewhat thickened; fruiting calyx minutely accrescent. Corolla 1-2 cm in diameter, 5-8 mm long, stellate, chartaceous, greenish to white to pink or purple, the lobes 5-11 x 2-3 mm, acute at apices, glabrous adaxially and abaxially, the margins ciliate. Stamens equal, with filaments ca. 1 mm long, glabrous; anthers 2-3 x 0.8-1.5 mm, oblong, not connivent, yellow, the pores directed distally, opening into longitudinal slits with age. Ovary glabrous; style 4-6 x ca. 0.25 mm, minutely papillose, cylindrical; stigma truncate to somewhat clavate, papillose in lower 2/3.
Fruit 0.6-1.5 x 0.6-1 cm, globose to ovoid, slightly flattened, rounded to acute at apex, glabrous, red-brown when ripe; stone cell aggregates absent.
Seeds 1.5-2 mm in diameter, rounded, tan, the surface rugulose.

shrub or vine

ranges from Costa Rica to Colombia and, if the synonymy of S. loxophyllum is accepted, to Ecuador.

Epiphytic shrub or vine; branches 30-35 cm long, slender, pilose, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 3 cm long, distichous, rhombic-ovate, somewhat oblique, This content downloaded from 192.104.39.2 on Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:58 PMAll use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions1973] D'ARCY-FLORA OF PANAMA (Family 170. Solanaceae) 757 gradually diminishing in size to the apex of the branch, entire or slightly repand, basally rounded, truncate or sub-cordate, above densely pilose on the midvein, glabrate on the lamina, the lateral venation obscure, beneath glabrous; petioles diminishing from 5 mm to 1.5 mm long near the apex of the branch, pilose; minor leaves minute, 1-2 mm long, caducous. Inflorescence terminal on leafy branches or on nearly leafless, short, axillary spurs, several- to many-flowered, an open pendulous panicle or short raceme, the peduncle an extension of the twig, pilose with conspicuous pedicel scars; pedicels filiforrm, thickening and becoming turbinate in fruit, glabrate, 1.5-2 cm long. Flowers small, calyx 2 mm long, in bud craterform with acerose teeth, becoming lobed 1/3 the way down, the lobes rotund- mucronate, glabrous; corolla pink, rotate, ca. 8 mm across, lobed to near the base, the lobes narrow, acuminate, in bud forming a pointed apex; anthers 3 mm long, opening by very large terminal pores which continue to the base of the thecae; ovary glabrous (Greenman). Fruit sub-globose, slightly apiculate, 8 mmn across; seeds 2.5 mm long (Greenman).