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(Last Modified On 11/28/2012)
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(Last Modified On 11/28/2012)
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Species
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PASSIFLORA CORIACEA Juss.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6:109. pl. 39, fig. 2. 1805;
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Reference
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Killip, in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 19:8 3. 1938.
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Synonym
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Passiflora difformis HBK. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:136. 1817. Passiflora clypeata J. E. Sm. in Rees, Cycl. 26: Passiflora no. 20. 1819. Monactineirma coriacea (Juss.) Bory, in Ann. Sci. Gen. Phys. Brux. 2:138. 1819. Cieca difformis (HBK.) M. Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. 2:140. 1846. Cieca coriacea (Juss.) M. Roem. loc. cit. 148. 1846. Passiflora sexocellata Schlecht. in Linnaea 27:521. 1854. Passiflora obtusifolia Sesse & Moc. pl. Nov. Hisp. 156. 1887.
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Description
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Rather extensive climbers inconspicuously puberulent to glabrate. Leaves peti- olate, simple, very eccentrically peltate, deeply 3-lobed, the lateral lobes rather abruptly acuminate and nearly transverse, as strong as the central lobe to much stronger, 3-7 cm. long, 6-25 cm. broad; petioles 2-4 cm. long, bearing 2 ocellate glands near the juncture with the leaf blade; stipules narrowly linear, about 0.5 cm. long. Inflorescence a terminal 2- to several-flowered raceme, with slightly foli- aceous, frequently 3-lobed bracts subtended by paired ocellate glands; pedicels about 5 mm. long. Flowers 2.5-3.5 cm. in diameter, greenish or yellowish white; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 1.0-1.5 cm. long, not corniculate; petals none; filaments of the corona in 2 series, the outermost 7-8 mm. long. Fruit globose, 1-2 cm. in diameter, deep blue.
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Distribution
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Mexico to British Guiana and Bolivia, from near sea level to about 2,000 m.
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Elevation
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sea level to about 2,000 m.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Cocoli Island, Miraflores Lake, P. White 86, G. White 133; Las Cascadas, Standley 29594; Darien Station, Stawdley 3I617; Empire to Mandinga, Piper 5479; Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 57, Woodworth & Vestal 5oi. COCLE: El Valle de Anton, Allen I667, 4473. PANAMA: Alhajuela, Pittier 3456.
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Note
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In some parts of Central America this species is known as inurcielago and ala de murcielago with reference to the peculiar shape of the leaves.
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