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Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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mm long, 0.02-0.03 mm wide. Flowering stems terete or somewhat compressed,<br />

0.5-1.3 mm in diameter. Stipules narrowly ovate-triangular, acute, 0.8-2.7(-3.6)<br />

mm long, 0.1-0.3 mm wide; petioles 0.4-0.9(-1.7) cm long, with two, opposite to<br />

subopposite, sessile, discoid or widely obconical nectaries, 0.3-1.0 mm wide (on<br />

the widest axis), 0.1-0.5 mm high, commonly borne in the distal half <strong>of</strong> the petiole<br />

(0.44-0.86 <strong>of</strong> the distance from the base toward the apex <strong>of</strong> the petiole). Laminas<br />

1.9-7.7 cm long, 1.8-7.9(-9.2) cm wide, membranous, shallowly to deeply 3-<br />

lobed, ovate in general outline, lateral lobes ovate, elliptic, or very narrowly<br />

oblong (rarely obovate), acute (rarely obtuse), 1.0-5.5 cm long, 0.2-1.7 cm wide,<br />

central lobe ovate, elliptic or very narrowly oblong (rarely obovate), acute (rarely<br />

obtuse), central vein 1.9-7.7 cm long, angle between the lateral lobes 92-129(-<br />

180)°, ratio <strong>of</strong> lateral lobe to central vein length 0.47-0.91, margins entire,<br />

hyaline, primary veins 3, diverging and branching at base, laminar nectaries<br />

absent (rarely present); tendril 0.2-0.5 mm wide, present at flowering node.<br />

<strong>Flowers</strong> borne in leaf axils. Pedicels 12.0-18.3 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, 2 per<br />

node; bract(s) absent; spur(s) absent. <strong>Flowers</strong> 23.9-33.3 mm in diameter with<br />

stipe (1.9-)3.3-5.3 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide; hypanthium 4.6-7.1 mm in<br />

diameter; sepals 9.0-14.3 mm long, 2.0-4.3 mm wide, ovate-triangular, acute to<br />

rounded, sepals greenish yellow or whitish; petals absent; coronal filaments in 2<br />

series, the outer 21-30, 5.7-8.9 mm long, 0.1-0.5 mm wide, linear, not fused or<br />

fused 0.6-1.0 mm at base, filaments whitish with yellow tips or yellow, ratio <strong>of</strong><br />

outer coronal row to sepal length 0.47-0.75(-0.89), the inner 19-30, 2.8-5.4(-6.4)<br />

mm long, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, linear, capitate, filaments whitish with yellow tips or

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