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than the sepals; corona in 3 or more series, each series free to the
base, at least the outer series filamentose; operculum dependent;
ovary tapering to the styles, the styles distinct. Type: P. semiciliosa.
Nos. 175-180.
XV. Distephana (Juss.) Killip, stat. nov. Distephana Juss. Ann.
Mus. Hist. Nat. 6: 396. 1805. Tacsonia sect. Distephana DC. Prodr.
3: 335. 1828. Macrophora Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 103. 1838. Passiflora
subgen. Tacsonia sect. Distephana Tr. & Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat. V.
Bot. 17: 127. 1873. Passiflora sect. Distephana Harms in Engl. &
Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 21: 504. 1925.
Herbaceous or usually woody vines; bracts verticillate,
glandular
at margin, highly variable in size and shape; calyx short-cylindric,
rarely campanulate, shorter than the sepals; corona in 2 or 3 series,
the inner a fimbriate, tubular membrane; operculum dependent;
ovary subtrigonous, tapering to the styles, the styles distinct to base
or slightly united at the very base, sometimes the ovary subtruncate
and the styles projecting from the top of the angles, thus similar to
Astrophea. Type: Tacsonia glandulosa (= P. glandulosa). Nos.
181-188.
XVI. Calopathanthus (Harms) Killip, stat. nov. Passiflora
sect. Calopathanthus Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2,
21:504.1925.
Herbaceous vine; inflorescence pseudoracemose; bracts and
bractlets setaceous; calyx short-cylindric; corona filamentose to
base, 3-ranked; operculum suberect, tubular; ovary tapering to the
styles, the styles distinct. Type: P. racemosa. No. 189.
XVII. Tacsonioides (DC.) Killip, stat. nov. Passiflora sect.
Tacsonioides DC. Prodr. 3: 330. 1828. Erndelia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4:
104. 1838, not Necker. Passiflora sect. Tacsonioides ser. Umbilicatae
Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 21: 506. 1925.
P. reflexiflora. Nos. 190-194.
Type:
Herbaceous vines; bracts involucrate, free; calyx narrowly
cylindric, subequal to the sepals; corona short-filamentose, 2-5-
ranked; operculum erect; ovary usually tapering to the styles,
styles distinct.
XVIII. Granadilla (Medic.) Mast. Trans. Linn. Soc. 27: 635.
1871. Granadilla Medic. Malvenfam. 96. 1787, in part. Anthactinia
Bory, Ann. Ge"n. Soc. Phys. Brux. 2: 139. 1819. Passiflora sect.
Granadilla DC. Me"m. Soc. Phys. Geneve 1: 435. 1822.
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