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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 LIGULARIS Juss.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 6:113. PA. 40. 1805;
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Reference
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Killip, in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 19:344. 1938.
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Synonym
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Passiflora serratistipula DC. Prodr. 3:328. 1828.
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Description
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Rather stout climbers, glabrous throughout. Leaves long-petiolate, basifixed, entire, broadly ovate, deeply cordate, abruptly subcaudate-acuminate, 8-17 cm. long, 6-15 cm. broad; petioles 5-15 cm. long, with 3-5 pairs of elongate filiform glands; stipules foliaceous, ovate, 1-3 cm. long. Inflorescences solitary, bearing a single showy pale green, purple- and lavender-tinged flower; peduncles 2-5 cm. long, jointed directly beneath the flower; bracts involucrate and foliaceous, ovate, 2-4 cm. long. Flowers about 7-9 cm. in diameter; sepals oblong, 3-5 cm. long; petals narrowly lanceolate, 3-4 cm. long; filaments of the corona in several series, the outermost about as long as the petals. Fruits broadly ovoid, 6-8 cm. long, purplish yellow.
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Distribution
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Southern Mexico to Venezuela and Bolivia, in highland forests between 1,000 and 3,000 m.
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Elevation
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between 1,000 and 3,000 m.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: vicinity of Finca Lerida, Woodson & Schery 238.
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