A revision of Passiflora L. subgenus Decaloba (DC.) Rchb. supersection Cieca (Medik.) J. M. MacDougal & Feuillet (Passifloraceae)
Author
Porter-Utley, Kristen
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.43.7804
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.43.7804
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Passiflora tacanensis K. Porter-Utley. Brittonia 59(1): 25. figs 1 & 2. 2007.
Figs 46
, 47
Type
.
Mexico. Chiapas: Mpio.
Union
Juarez
,
Volcan
Tacana
, entre
Talquian
&
Tonina
, 1700-2700 m, 7 May 1987,
E. M.
Martinez
S. 20782
(holotype: MEXU! [MEXU00665952]).
Description.
Vine, pubescent with unicellular curved trichomes on petiole, adaxial leaf surface, and stipules 0.28-0.38 mm long, 0.03 mm wide, also minutely antrorsely appressed-puberulent throughout with unicellular, curved trichomes, 0.06-0.08 mm long, 0.02 mm wide. Flowering stems 1.5-1.8 mm in diameter, terete or somewhat compressed. Stipules 6.3-7.5 mm long, 2.5-3.5 mm wide, ovate, acute to acuminate; petioles 2.3-2.6 cm long, commonly bearing at or just below the middle (0.44-0.50 of the distance from the base toward the apex of the petiole) 2, elliptic, opposite to subopposite, sessile, discoid nectaries with the rims slightly raised, 1.0-1.1 mm wide (on the widest axis), 0.5-0.6 mm high. Laminas 3.8-5.3 cm long, 12.4-14.2 cm wide, membranous, subpeltate or slightly peltate (the distance from leaf base to point of petiole insertion 1.0-1.7 mm), transversely elliptic, 3-lobed 0.02-0.10 of the distance to the leaf base at the deepest sinus, lateral lobes 6.9-7.5 cm long, 2.6-4.2 cm wide, elliptic, acute to attenuate, central lobe elliptic or present as an obtuse to rounded tip, central vein 3.7-5.2 cm long (measured from point of petiole insertion to the leaf apex), angle between the lateral lobes 109-130°, ratio of lateral lobe to central vein length 1.41-1.86, margins entire, hyaline, primary veins 3, diverging and branching above base, laminar nectaries absent; tendril 0.7-0.9 mm wide, present at flowering node. Pedicels 11.9-13.0 mm long in fruit, 0.5 mm wide, paired in the leaf axils; bract(s) absent. Flowers not seen. Stipe 6.9-8.5 mm long in fruit, 0.5-0.6 mm wide. Berry 25.0-26.0 mm long, 24.0-26.0 mm in diameter, ellipsoid to globose, very dark purple. Seeds ca. 20, 4.6-4.9 mm long, 2.9-3.1 mm wide, 2.0-2.1 mm thick, obovate in outline, acute at both ends, reticulate-foveate with each face marked with ca. 22-26 foveae.
Phenology.
Flowering and fruiting May.
Distribution.
Mexico, in the state of Chiapas. Bosque
mesofilo
de
montana
(montane moist forest), 1700-2700 m altitude.
Discussion.
Passiflora tacanensis
is known only from the general type locality and though
Martinez
(
Martinez
20782
) states that the flowers are purple, the specimen does not possess flowers and I have not been able to locate any duplicates. It was found in montane mesophytic forests on
Volcan
Tacana
in southwestern Mexico and was collected in May during the rainy season.
Passiflora
tacanensis
is very similar to
Passiflora eglandulosa
, which grows on adjacent volcanic cones in San Marcos, Guatemala. The mature leaves of
Passiflora tacanensis
greatly resemble the juvenile leaves of
Passiflora eglandulosa
and are trilobed, with the middle lobe greatly reduced and widely obtuse to truncate. The laminae are also cordate and eglandular, and both of these species possess wide foliose stipules. However,
Passiflora tacanensis
possesses petiolar glands positioned near the middle of the petiole, whereas
Passiflora eglandulosa
does not possess petiolar glands. In addition, the fruits of
Passiflora tacanensis
possess more seeds and the chalazal and micropylar ends of the seed are inclined toward the raphe.
Specimens
examined. MEXICO. Chiapas:
Mpio. Tapachula,
Volcan
Tacana
. On trail between
Talquian
and the border of Guatemala, 1901 m,
Porter-Utley et al. 436
(KESC); Mpio. Tapachula,
Volcan
Tacana
. On trail between
Talquian
and the border of Guatemala, 1857 m,
Porter-Utley et al. 441
(KESC).
Figure 47.
Habit of
Passiflora tacanensis
(based upon
Martinez
20782
) Scale bar = 1.0 cm.