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11 June 2021 Noteworthy Collections: New County Records for Solanum pseudocapsicum (Solanaceae) in Alabama
Cory O. Harper, Alvin R. Diamond
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Abstract

Three recent collections of Solanum pseudocapsicum represent the first documentation of this species from Alabama in 27 years, and apparently represent the only extant populations. The habitat of these collections appears to be different from that previously documented in Alabama, although it is not unusual range-wide. Solanum pseudocapsicum was last collected from Alabama in 1993 from Houston County, but searches of that location failed to relocate it. Previously it had been collected from Tallapoosa County (1877), Morgan County (1891), Lee County (1896), and Coosa County (1900), all in upland or ruderal habitats. In 2020 a small population of four plants was discovered on a floodplain near the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers and a second larger population of approximately 28 plants was located 10 km to the SW on the floodplain of the Alabama River, both in Elmore County. A third population of several dozen plants was discovered on the floodplain of the Tallapoosa River in Montgomery County.

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Cory O. Harper and Alvin R. Diamond "Noteworthy Collections: New County Records for Solanum pseudocapsicum (Solanaceae) in Alabama," Castanea 86(1), 112-116, (11 June 2021). https://doi.org/10.2179/0008-7475.86.1.112
Received: 20 June 2020; Accepted: 17 May 2021; Published: 11 June 2021
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