Professor
Biology
Contact
(860) 832-2656
mionet@ccsu.edu
Office
Nicolaus Copernicus Hall
338
Areas of Expertise

Plant Evolutionary Biology

Publications, Research & Presentations

Mione, T., P. R. Wilson, J. E. Kudewicz & S. Chakraborty. 2023. Delayed self-fertilization and chemical analysis of floral nectar of a perennial relative of the tomato and potato from Mexico. Botany An international journal for Plant Biology 00: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2022-0106

Anderson, G. J., M. Anderson & T. Mione. 2023. The staminal column in Solanum pollination: important in attraction, essential as a landing platform. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2023.2176942

Mione, T., A. Cotton, S. Leiva González & L . Yacher. 2022. Red nectar presentation and characterization of the breeding system of an Andean nightshade. Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2022.2100499

Mione, T. & I. A. Diaz. 2020. Dracula’s mistress: removal of blood-red floral nectar results in secretion of more nectar. Plant Ecology and Evolution 153 (1): 59-66. https://doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2020.1589

Taylor, J. R.& T. Mione. 2019. Collection of Jaltomata darcyana (Solanaceae), previously unrecorded in cultivation, from a home garden in Chicago, IL. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 35: 490-492. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742170519000127

Mione, T, J. Kostyun & S. Leiva González. 2019. Breeding system features and a novel method for locating floral nectar secretion in a South American Nightshade (Jaltomata quipuscoae). Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2019.1578277

Steponaitis, M. C. & T. Mione. 2018. Feather-tipped forceps: A method for handling fragile organisms. Phytologia 100(3): 183-186.

Mione, T., S. Leiva González & L. Yacher. 2018. Red floral nectar that absorbs ultraviolet light is produced by a new Peruvian species. Phytologia 100(1): 12-18.

Mione, T., K. C. Plourd, S. Leiva G., L. Yacher, C. T. Philbrick & D. Blume. 2017. Pollination decreases longevity of the protogynous flowers of Jaltomata sinuosa (Solanaceae). Journal of Biology and Nature 7(3): 123-129.

Mione, T. 2017. Heritability of floral traits estimated with regression for Jaltomata procumbens (Solanaceae). Journal of Biology and Nature 7(4): 190-200

Mione T. & G. J. Anderson. 2017. Genetics of floral traits of Jaltomata procumbens (Solanaceae). Brittonia 69: 1-10. doi:10.1007/s12228-016-9447-z.

Plourd, K. & T. Mione. 2016. Pollination does not affect floral nectar production, and is required for fruit-set by a hummingbird-visited Andean plant species. Phytologia 98(4): 313-317.

Mione T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2016. Jaltomata aijana (Solanaceae) of Ancash, Peru. Pyrex Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 1(3): 35-43.

Mione T., S. Leiva González & L. Yacher. 2016. The Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Department Lima, Peru. Scholars Bulletin 2 (8): 476-484.

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2016. El género Jaltomata Schltdl. (Solanaceae) en la región La Libertad y un nuevo taxón del Norte de Perú. The genus Jaltomata Schltdl. (Solanaceae) from La Libertad Region and a new taxon from northern Peru. Arnaldoa 23(2): 1-64.

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2016. Especies de Jaltomata Schltdl. (Solanaceae) con néctar rojo, tres nuevas combinaciones nomenclaturales y un nuevo taxón del noreste de Perú. Arnaldoa 23 (1): 21 – 98.

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2015. Jaltomata anteropilosa (Solanaceae) una nueva especies del Norte del Perú. Arnaldoa 22 (2): 357 – 366.

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2015. Jaltomata glomeruliflora (Solanaceae) una nueva especie del Norte de Perú. Jaltomata glomeruliflora (Solanaceae) a new species from Northern Peru. Arnaldoa 22 (1): 25 – 34.

Mione T., S. Leiva González & L. Yacher. 2015. Two new Peruvian species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae, Solaneae) with red floral nectar. Brittonia 67(2): 105-112. Digital Object Identifier 10.1007/s12228-014-9360-2

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2014. Jaltomata athahuallapae (Solanaceae) una nueva especie del Norte del Perú. Arnaldoa 21(2): 295-304.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2014. Jaltomata angasmarcae y Jaltomata pauciseminata (Solanaceae) dos nuevas especies del Norte del Perú. Jaltomata angasmarcae and Jaltomata pauciseminata (Solanaceae) two new species of from Northern Peru. Arnaldoa 21 (1): 25 – 39.

Leiva González, S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2013. Jaltomata huancabambae y Jaltomata incahuasina (Solanaceae) dos nuevas especies del Norte del Perú. Jaltomata huancabambae and Jaltomata incahuasina (Solanaceae) Two new species of from Northern Peru. Arnaldoa 20(2): 265 – 280.

Mione T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2013. Jaltomata spooneri (Solanaceae): A new species of southern Peru. Phytologia 95: 167-171.

Mione, T., S. Leiva G., L. Yacher & A. M. Cameron. 2011. Jaltomata atiquipa (Solanaceae): A New Species of Southern Peru. Phytologia 93(2): 203 – 207.

Miller, R. J., T. Mione, H. Phan, & R. G. Olmstead.  2011. Color by numbers: nuclear gene phylogeny of Jaltomata (Solanaceae), sister genus to Solanum, supports three clades differing in fruit color. Systematic Botany 36: 153 – 162.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione, L. Yacher & V. Q. Silvestre. 2010. Modillonia una nueva sección de Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) con una nueva especies del Norte del Perú. Arnaldoa 17(2): 163-171.

Mione, T. & D. M. Spooner. 2010. Jaltomata bohsiana: A new species and key to the Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Mexico. Novon 20: 186 - 189.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2010. Jaltomata parviflora (Solanaceae) una nueva especie del Norte del Perú. Jaltomata parviflora (Solanaceae) a new species from northern Peru. Arnaldoa 17(1): 33 – 39.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2008. Dos nuevas especies de Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) del Norte del Perú. Two new species of Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) from Nothern Peru. Arnaldoa 15(2): 185 – 196.

Mione T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2008. Transfer of Saracha weberbaueri Dammer subspecies pallascana Bitter, also known as Saracha pallascana (Bitter) Macbride, to Jaltomata as J. pallascana (Bitter) Mione (Solanaceae). Arnaldoa 15(2):285 - 288.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2007. Cuatro nuevas especies de Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) del Norte del Perú. Four new species of Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) from Nothern Peru. Arnaldoa 14(2): 219 – 238.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione & L. Yacher. 2007. Tres nuevas especies de Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) del Norte del Perú. Three new species of Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae) from Nothern Peru. Arnaldoa 14(1): 29 – 44.

Mione, T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2007. Five new species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae) from Cajamarca, Peru. Novon 17: 49 - 58.

Hansen, D. M., J. M. Olesen, T. Mione, S. D. Johnson & C. B. Müller.  2007. Coloured nectar: distribution, ecology, and evolution of an enigmatic floral trait. Biological Reviews 82: 83-111.

Mione, T. & A. Granda P. 2006. Lectotypification of Jaltomata weberbaueri (Solanaceae). Rhodora 108: 403-404.

Mione, T. & L. Yacher. 2005. Jaltomata (Solanaceae) of Costa Rica. In: A Festschrift for William G. D’Arcy: The Legacy of a Taxonomist, pages 117 – 130. Monographs in Systematic Botany vol. 104. Editors: R. C. Keating, V. C. Hollowell, and T. B. Croat.  Missouri Botanical Garden Press.

Mione, T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2004. Jaltomata andersonii (Solanaceae): A new species of Peru.  Rhodora 106: 118-123.

Mione, T.  2003  Conservation and research plan for Oxalis violacea L., Violet Wood-Sorrel.  The New England Wild Flower Society [50 pages]. 

Mione, T., D. Mugaburu & B. Connolly. 2001. Rediscovery and Floral Biology of Jaltomata biflora (Solanaceae). Economic Botany 51(1) 167-168.

Mione, T., S. Leiva G., N. R. Smith & S. J. Hevner. 2000. A new species, a new combination, and new synonymy for south American Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Rhodora 102: 385-391.

Mione, T., S. Leiva G. & L. Yacher. 2000. Three new species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae) from Ancash, Peru. Novon 10: 53-59.

Mione, T.  1999. Jaltomata II: New Combinations for five South American species (Solanaceae).  Brittonia 51(1): 31-33.

Leiva G., S. & T. Mione. 1999. Dos nuevas especies de Jaltomata Schlechtendal (Solanaceae: Solaneae) del Norte de Perú. Arnaldoa 6(1): 65-74.

Mione, T. & L. A. Serazo.  1999. Jaltomata lojae … floral biology of a new Andean species. Rhodora 101: 136-142.

Leiva G. S., T. Mione, & V. Quipuscoa S. 1998.  Cuatro nuevas especies de Jaltomata (Solanaceae: Solaneae) del Norte de Perú. Arnaldoa 5(2): 179-192.

Mione, T. and S. Leiva G. 1997. A new Peruvian species … with blood-red floral nectar. Rhodora 99: 283-286.

Mione, T. and G. J. Anderson.  1996.  Jaltomata: An Introduction, and Preliminary Observations On The Red/Orange Floral Nectar.  Solanaceae Newsletter (The New York Botanical Garden) Vol. 4, no. 2. pp. 51-57.

Mione, T. and L. A. Coe. 1996. Jaltomata sagastegui and Jaltomata cajamarca (Solanaceae), Two New Shrubs from Northern Peru. Novon 6: 280-284.

Mione, T. and R. Bye.  1996.  Jaltomata chihuahuensis (Solanaceae): A new combination and observations on ecology and ethnobotany. Novon 6: 78-81.

Mione, T., R. C. Olmstead, R. K. Jansen and G. J.    Anderson. 1994.  Systematic Implications of chloroplast DNA variation in Jaltomata and selected physaloid genera (Solanaceae).  American Journal of Botany 81(7): 912-918.

Mione, T., G. J. Anderson and M. Nee. 1993. Jaltomata I: Circumscription, description and new combinations for five South American species. Brittonia 45(2): 138-145.

Mione, T. and F. G. Coe. 1992. Two new combinations in Peruvian Jaltomata (Solanaceae). Novon 2: 383-384.

D'Arcy, W. G., T. Mione and T. Davis IV. 1992. Jaltomata grandiflora: a rare Mexican species. Novon 2: 190-192.

Mione, T. and G. J. Anderson. 1992. Pollen-ovule ratios and breeding system evolution in Solanum (Solanaceae). American Journal of Botany 79(3): 279-287.

Knapp, S., T. Mione and A. Sagástegui A. 1991. A new species of Jaltomata (Solanaceae) from northwestern Peru. Brittonia 43(3): 181-184.

Mione, T. and A. L. Bogle. 1990. Comparative inflorescence and floral ontogeny in Hamamelis and Loropetalum (Hamamelidaceae). American Jour. of Botany 77(1): 77-91.

Awards & Grants

Grants

CCSU General Education Assessment Project, Faculty Engagement for the Davis Educational Foundation Grant, fall 2022, $400.

CSU Research grant, “You Say Tomato, I say Jaltomata” $2,800, May 2022 – 30 June 2023.

CSU Research grant, “You Say Tomato, I say Jaltomata” $4,145, May 2020 – 30 June 2021.

CSU Research grant, “Wild Relatives of the tomato” $2,956, May 2019 – 30 June 2020.

CSU Research grant, “Nectar Studies of Wild Relatives of the Tomato” $4,171, May 2018 – 30 June 2019.

CSU Research grant, “Wild Relatives of the Tomato” $4,885, May 2017 – 30 June 2018.

CCSU Foundation Faculty Student Research Grant 2016-2017, $499 to support the work of a student, Katerina C. Hutchins, on, “How does nectar removal affect nectar sugar concentration in the genus Jaltomata?”

CSU Research grant, “Mesoamerican Black Tomatoes: Adding the use of molecular markers to broaden techniques I teach to students.” $4,636, May 2016 – 30 June 2017.

CSU Research Grant, “The genetics of close relatives of the tomato” $3,261, May 2015 – June 2016.

CSU Research Grant, “The study of taxonomy and genetics of Jaltomata” $3,832, May 2014 – June 2015.

CCSU Foundation Faculty Student Research Grant 2013-2014, $342 supporting the work of student Emmett Varricchio, on, “A study of purple/black tomatoes, genus Jaltomata.”

Courses Taught

General Biology I 121, lecture and laboratory

Biology Research Experience I, Bio 290

Plant Taxonomy Bio 444

Plant Ecology 520

Plants and Civilization 107

Topics in Advanced Biology: Plants and Civilization 490/540

Vascular Plants 327, lecture and laboratory

Special Project Advisor 390 / 391 / 490 / 599

Costa Rican Natural History 490 (in Costa Rica)

Evolution 440