Revision of Passiflora Subgenus Decaloba ... - Passion Flowers

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mm long, 0.3-0.7 mm wide, linear, greenish yellow; anthers 1.7-2.9 mm long, 0.5-
1.9 mm wide; styles 2.5-4.0 mm long including stigmas, 0.2-0.5 mm wide,
greenish yellow; stigmas 0.6-1.0 mm in diameter; ovary 1.0-2.6 mm long, 0.9-2.4
mm wide, globose to slightly obovoid, greenish yellow. Berry 7.1-14.6 mm long,
7.3-15.3 mm wide, ovoid to obovoid, very dark purple. Seeds 12-25, obovate in
outline, 4.1-4.8 mm long, 1.9-2.5 mm wide, 1.3-1.5 mm thick, acute at both ends,
reticulate-foveate with each face marked with ca. 17-25 foveae. Chromosome
number 2n=12 (Turner & Zhao, 1992). Fig. 8.15-8.16
Distribution and Ecology
México, in the northern states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to
central and southern Texas in the United States. Arid and semiarid thorn scrub
(e.g., Mesquite-Black brush, Opuntia-Prosopis scrub, Tamaulipan thorn scrub)
and grasslands; climbing on shrubs or scrambling on limestone outcrops and
hills, or in open grassy areas on very limited to moderately developed soils; ca.
150-1500 m. Flowering and fruiting March to December.
Vernacular Names
Bird Wing Passionvine, Pata Gallina, Slender Passionflower, Slender-Lobe
Passionflower, Spread-Lobe Passionflower.
Additional Specimens Examined
México. –COAHUILA: 22 mi. N of Nueva Rosita, near K163, 1500 ft., Bates,
Blanchard & Fryxell 1479 (CAS, TEX, NY); Mpio. Castaños, Hwy. 57, ca. 20 mi.