Solanum scalarium, a newly-described bush tomato species (IMAGE)

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Solanum scalarium, a newly-described bush tomato species

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Photo of Solanum scalarium, a newly-described bush tomato species from the Northern Territory, Australia, showing the unusual ladder-like arrangement of prickles on male floral stems. Plants grown in the Rooke Biology Research Greenhouse at Bucknell University were closely studied by undergraduate student Jonathan Hayes (Biology ‘22) under the supervision of Drs. Tanisha Williams and Chris Martine.

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Jonathan Hayes

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