Passiflora section Colombiana series Colombianae, L. K. Escobar, 1988

Morales, Miguel Macgayver Bonilla, Aguirre-Morales, Carolina & Cardenas, Julian, 2016, Passiflora creuci-caetanoae a new species of Passiflora L. supersection Tacsonia (Passifloraceae) from Colombia, Phytotaxa 261 (3), pp. 267-274 : 273

Taxonomic key to Passiflora section Colombiana series Colombianae

1. Leaves entire or lobulated up to 17 cm long...................................................................................................................................... 2

1. Leaves entire up to 19.1 cm long........................................................................................................................................................8

2. Leaves generally glabrous, fruit elliptic .............................................................................................................................. P. trianae

2. Leaves mature pubescent, fruit ovate or obovate..............................................................................................................................3

3. Trichomes straight, petiolar glands 4–10 ............................................................................................................. P. creuci-caetanoae

3. Trichomes curved, undulate or curly, petiolar glands from 2–10.......................................................................................................4

4. Young leaves entire, bracts elliptic................................................................................................................................. P. truxillensis

4. Young leaves entire or slightly lobed, bracts lanceolate or ovate.......................................................................................................5

5. Petiolar glands 4–7, bracts lanceolate, ovary glabrous.................................................................................................... P. adulterina

5. Petiolar glands 2–10, bracts lanceolate or ovate, ovary pubescent....................................................................................................6

6. Petiolar glands 2–5, bract ovate, ovary elliptic .......................................................................................................... P. cuatrecasasii

6. Petiolar glands 2–10, bracts lanceolate, ovary fusiform.....................................................................................................................7

7. Trichomes lanate, petiolar glands 2–4, fruits ovate.............................................................................................................. P. lanatta

7. Trichomes curly and intertwined, petiolar glands up to 10, fruits obovate .................................................................. P. crispolanata

8. Leaves 19.1 cm long, ovary ovoid to ellipsoid.................................................................................................................... P. formosa

8. Leaves less than 14 cm long, ovary fusiform.....................................................................................................................................9

9. Leaves up to 14 cm long, ovate, petiolar glands 2–8, trichomes undulate, stipule linear..................................................... P. rugosa

9. Leaves 7–8.8 cm long, lanceolate to oblong, petiolar glands 4–5, stipule linear to setaceous .................................. P. pamplonensis