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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 NITIDA HBK.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Nov. Gen. & Sp. 2:130. 1817
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Reference
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Killip, in Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 19:374. 1938.
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Synonym
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Passiflora nymphaeoides Karst. in Linnaea 30:165. 1859.
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Description
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Rather coarse climbers, glabrous throughout. Leaves rather shortly petiolate, basifixed, rather distantly serrate or serrulate, at least toward the base, broadly elliptic to lanceolate, abruptly acuminate, rounded at the base, 9-18 cm. long, 6- 10 cm. broad, subcoriaceous; petioles 1.0-1.5 cm. long, with 2 large ovoid glands somewhat above the middle; stipules inconspicuous and filiform. Inflorescences solitary, bearing a single showy white and purple flower; peduncles 3-6 cm. long, jointed directly beneath the flower; bracts free, ovate, entire, 3-4 cm. long, foli- aceous or somewhat petalaceous. Flowers 8-9 cm. in diameter; sepals oblong- elliptic, 4.0-4.5 cm. long, inconspicuously corniculate; petals about as long as the sepals; filaments of the corona in several series, the outermost about half as long as the petals. Fruits obovoid, 4-6 cm. long.
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Distribution
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Panama to northern Brazil and adjacent Peru, in lowland thickets and open forests.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 675; Summit, Lindsay 230.
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