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the dry tropical forests typical of the Cordillera de Guanacaste and wetter mid-
elevation forests (Fig. 8.29). Throughout the remainder of its range it is found at
lower elevations in dry to wet tropical forests inland and near the sea along the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Passiflora coriacea is found from northern Colombia
and northwestern Venezuela to northern Bolivia (Fig. 8.29). It occurs in moist to
wet tropical forests commonly at elevations of 50-1500 m, reaching higher
elevations in the northern part of its range. Passiflora obtusifolia is found from
sea level to 1500 m elevation in tropical deciduous and semideciduous forests in
the Pacific lowlands and foothills of southwestern México, El Salvador, and Costa
Rica; it is found at higher elevations of 500-1500 m in the southern part of its
range (Fig. 8.18). Passiflora eglandulosa occurs in shady ravines and at the
edges of premontane to montane (1500-2800 m) broad leaved forests on
volcanic cones from Guatemala to El Salvador and central Honduras (Fig. 8.18).
The species in supersection Cieca with the widest ranges are P. pallida and P.
suberosa. Passiflora pallida has a circum-Caribbean distribution and is found in
and along the edges of low elevation, dry tropical forests both inland and near
the seashore (Fig. 8.3). This species has also been introduced into the areas of
the Old World such as Australia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, Comoros, Federated States of Micronesia, India, Madagascar, Maldives,
Mauritius, Palau, Republic of Seychelles, Singapore, Solomon Islands, and Sri
Lanka. Passiflora suberosa ssp. suberosa is primarily restricted to the islands of
the Greater and Lesser Antilles and is found in and along the edges of
semideciduous to deciduous, dry to moist tropical forests, both inland and near