TITLE	The genus Tubocapsicum (Solanaceae)
AUTHOR	William G. D'Arcy Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, USA Richard C. Keating Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166, USA Zhi-Yun Zhang Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiangshan, Nanxincun 20, Beijing 100093, China Ching-I Peng Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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ABSTRACT	Tubocapsicum (Solanaceae: Solanoideae), a genus of two Asian species, was formerly included in Capsicum. Tubocapsicum anomalum is a herb with small yellow flowers and red berries that is found in Japan, southern China, Taiwan, and the Philippines; T. obtusum is found in Japan. A general taxonomic description is complemented by new detailed descriptions and illustrations of growth morphology, vegetative histology and stomata, floral structure, vasculature, fruit structure, seeds, and pollen. On the basis of this analysis as well as cpDNA investigations by of Olmstead et al. (1999), the genus Tubocapsicum appears to be most closely related to subfamily Solanoideae genera Aureliana and Withania.
KEYWORD	Anatomy; Anther; Branching; Capsicum; Floral vasculature; Fruit; Growth pattern; Nectar; Pollen; Revision; Seeds; Solanaceae; Stomata; Taxonomy; Tubocapsicum;
ARTICLE INFO	Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 42 Number 1 January 2001, page 67-84, 18 pages
PUBLISHER	Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China