Passiflora variolata Poepp. & Endl.

Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum 2: 58, t. 179 (Poeppig & Endlicher 1838). — Cieca variolata (Poepp. & Endl.) M.Roem., Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 2: 140 (Roemer 1846). —

Type specimens: Brazil • Amazonas, Tefé; 1831; E. F. Poeppig s.n.; lecto-, W [W0048820], designated here; isolecto-, F [F0066834F], W [W0048821].

Passiflora bomareifolia Steyerm. & Maguire, Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 17 (1): 455 (Steyermark & Maguire 1967).

VOUCHER. — French Guiana • Cayenne region, Mirande Reserve; 1.IX.1967; R. A. A. Oldeman 1281; CAY [CAY218180].

DISTRIBUTION. — Guianas, Amazon and Orinoco basins.

NOTE

Two specimens of this species are extant from Poeppig’s herbarium, now at W. Both sheets represent similar material, but one (W0048820) has a formal label in the author’s hand and is here designated as the lectotype.