A new species and new records of Solanum (Solanaceae) from Colombia Author Tovar, Juan David Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Botanica, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Av. Andre Araujo, 2936, Manaus, AM, 69060 - 001, Brazil & Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Para, Rua Vera Paz, sn, Santarem, PA, 68040 - 255, Brazil judato89@gmail.com Author Giacomin, Leandro Lacerda https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-4042 Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Botanica, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Av. Andre Araujo, 2936, Manaus, AM, 69060 - 001, Brazil & Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Para, Rua Vera Paz, sn, Santarem, PA, 68040 - 255, Brazil & Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologia, Centro de Ciencias Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Cidade Universitaria, Joao Pessoa, PB, 58051 - 090, Brazil text PhytoKeys 2022 2022-05-09 195 63 73 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.195.78832 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.195.78832 1314-2003-195-63 84EA715261455B81A65207AFFB3F7047 Solanum tanysepalum S. Knapp, Brittonia 38: 284. 1986 Type . Venezuela . Aragua : Parque Nacional Henri Pittier , Portachuelo to Pico Periquito trail, W of Estacion Biologica Rancho Grande , premontane to montane rainforest, 1,100-1,400 m elev., 10°21'N , 67°42'W , 22 Oct 1984 , S. Knapp & J. Mallet 6856 ( holotype : MY; isotypes: BH, F! photo, K!, MO! photo, NY! photo, US ! photo, VEN). Notes. Solanum tanysepalum (Fig. 4a ) is a species previously known only from the Cordillera de la Costa in Venezuela in cloud forest from 1,000 to 1,700 m elevation. Our new records presented here extend the distribution to the departments of Huila and Magdalena in Colombia (Fig. 5 ). The species belongs to the Solanum arboreum species group in the Geminata clade and can be easily recognised by the long-acuminate calyx lobes that are persistent and somewhat woody in fruit ( Knapp 2002a , b ). More information and a complete description are available at: https://solanaceaesource.myspecies.info/solanaceae/solanum-tanysepalum. Figure 4. New records of Solanum from Colombia A Solanum tanysepalum S.Knapp (upper left corner: detail of calyx lobes; Geminata clade) B Solanum verecundum M.Nee ( Brevantherum clade). Figure 5. Distribution of S. tanysepalum S.Knapp (green circles) and S. verecundum M.Nee (cyan triangles). Specimens examined. Colombia . Huila : Municipio de La Plata , reserva natural Meremberg , bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer , 2°13'09.6"N , 76°06'39.9"W , 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl,fr), J.D. Tovar 446 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata , reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N , 76°06'39.9"W , 2300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 447 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata , reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N , 76°06'39.9"W , 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 448 (JBB); Municipio de La Plata , reserva natural Meremberg, bosques contiguos al cementerio Solanaceaer, 2°13'09.6"N , 76°06'39.9"W , 2,300 m elev., 15 May 2019 (fl, fr), J.D. Tovar 449 (JBB) . Magdalena : Sierra nevada de Santa Marta , in forest N of finca Cecilia , quebrada Indiana , 10°59'N , 73°58'W , 1,820 m elev., 31 Aug 1972 (fr), J.H. Kirkbride Jr. 2021 (NY) .