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and ovoid, whereas P. suberosa ssp. litoralis has depressed globose to globose
to ellipsoid fruits that are commonly less that 1.0 cm long.
MacDougal found one clone of P. suberosa ssp. suberosa (MacDougal 421)
from the Virgin Islands to be self-compatible in the greenhouse. The two clones
of P. suberosa ssp. suberosa (Feuillet 281 and Porter-Utley P-4) in my
greenhouse collection at the University of Florida were autogamous.
Clifford Smith in the Dept. of Botany at the University of Hawaii reports that P.
suberosa ssp. suberosa, as recognized here, is a minor weed in Hawaii in
subcanopy layers where it smothers shrubs, small trees and the ground layer. In
some areas it can also smother the upper canopy layer. He has also found that
the seeds are dispersed by alien frugivorous birds (http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/
faculty/cw_smith/pas_sub.htm).
Description of Passiflora suberosa ssp. litoralis
2b. Passiflora suberosa L. ssp. litoralis (Kunth) K. Porter-Utley. Comb. nov.
Passiflora litoralis Kunth. Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 138. 1817. Cieca litoralis (“littoralis”)
(Kunth) M. Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Mon. 2: 145. 1846. TYPE: PERU, Patibilca,
A. Humboldt & A. Bonpland s.n. (holotype: P, photograph seen; isotype: B,
destroyed).
Passiflora limbata Ten. Index Seminum Horto Bot. Neapol. 12: 10. 1839. Ann.
Sci. Nat. ser. 2, 13: 378-381. 1840. Cieca limbata (Ten.) M. Roem. Fam. Nat.
Syn. Monogr. 2: 148. 1846. TYPE: (holotype: not found).